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PloS One 2019Verbal autopsy (VA) is a useful tool for evaluating causes of death, especially in places with limited or no vital registration systems. The Population Health Metrics...
INTRODUCTION
Verbal autopsy (VA) is a useful tool for evaluating causes of death, especially in places with limited or no vital registration systems. The Population Health Metrics Research Consortium (PHMRC) developed a validated questionnaire and a set of automated methods to determine the cause of death from a VA. However, the application of these methods needs to be tested in a community environment.
OBJECTIVE
To estimate cause-specific mortality fractions (CSMFs) using VAs and compare them against those obtained in the vital statistics of the state of Hidalgo, Mexico.
METHODS
A random sample of deaths occurred in 2009 was selected from vital statistics in the state of Hidalgo. The full PHMRC validated VA instrument was applied to the relatives of the deceased, and the cause of death was determined using Tariff's automated method. The causes of death were grouped into 34 causes for adults, 21 for children and 6 for newborns. Results were compared with cause of death on death certificates for all deaths.
RESULTS
A total of 1,198 VAs were analyzed. The Tariff method was not able to assign a cause of death in only 9% of adults, 2% of children and 7% of neonatal deaths. The CSMFs obtained from the Tariff method were similar in some cases to those of vital statistics (e.g. cirrhosis), but different in others (e.g. sepsis).
CONCLUSION
The application of VAs in a community sample, analyzed with the Tariff method, allowed assigning a cause of death to most of the cases, with results similar to those of vital statistics for most conditions. This tool can be useful to strengthen the quality of vital statistics.
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Autopsy; Cause of Death; Child; Child, Preschool; Death Certificates; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Mexico; Middle Aged; Surveys and Questionnaires; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 31269042
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Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C.... Jan 1952
Topics: Communicable Diseases; Morbidity; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 14883283
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British Medical Journal Jan 1954
Topics: Humans; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 13106484
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Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C.... Aug 1950
Topics: Cholera; Communicable Diseases; Disease; Incidence; Meningitis; Plague; Poliomyelitis; Smallpox; Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne; Variola virus; Vital Statistics; Yellow Fever
PubMed: 15441037
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Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C.... Jun 1950
Topics: Cholera; Diphtheria; Disease; Incidence; Plague; Poliomyelitis; Smallpox; Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne; Variola virus; Vital Statistics; Yellow Fever
PubMed: 15424315
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The Eugenics Review Apr 1946
Topics: Birth Rate; Netherlands; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 20982104
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British Medical Journal Jan 1952
Topics: Humans; Medicine; Uganda; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 14896068
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Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C.... Jun 1950
Topics: Cholera; Disease; Humans; Incidence; Influenza, Human; Plague; Poliomyelitis; Smallpox; Tularemia; Variola virus; Vital Statistics; Whooping Cough
PubMed: 15417732
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The Eugenics Review Jul 1946
Topics: Humans; Population; Population Density; United Kingdom; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 20998132
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Bulletin of the World Health... 1954In this paper, the author does not so much try to give a blueprint for the application of sampling methods to vital registration and vital statistics as to show the...
In this paper, the author does not so much try to give a blueprint for the application of sampling methods to vital registration and vital statistics as to show the opportunities for their use and the advantages to be derived from them. In the less developed areas of the world, modern sampling methods make it possible to obtain very accurate national statistics in the early stages of the establishment of a vital registration and vital statistics system and will lead to its more orderly and efficient development. In areas where more or less complete registration exists, the use of sampling may result in a reduction of costs and an improvement in the quality and currency of the data obtained.The sample vital statistics system proposed by the author should comprise complete primary registration units or combinations of them, representative of the entire universe for which statistics are wanted. The selection of these, however, must be made at random; but, in order to avoid bias, the units should be taken with probabilities proportionate to their size.After discussing the ways of carrying out his proposal and the relation of a sample vital statistics system to health programmes, the author considers the use of the sample system as a supplement to a complete system and the advantages of sampling for quality control, checking the completeness of registration, preparing advance tabulations, and conducting supplemental surveys and research.
Topics: Data Collection; Humans; Research; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 13199663
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