Disease-specific mortality burdens in a rural Gambian population using verbal autopsy, 1998–2007

Disease-specific mortality burdens in a rural Gambian population using verbal autopsy, 1998–2007

Objective: To estimate and evaluate the cause-of-death structure and disease-specific mortality rates in a rural area of The Gambia as determined using the InterVA-4 model. Design: Deaths and person-years of observation were determined by age group for the population of the Farafenni Health and Demo...

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Main Authors:	Momodou Jasseh, Stephen R. C. Howie, Pierre Gomez, Susana Scott, Anna Roca, Mamady Cham, Brian Greenwood, Tumani Corrah, Umberto D'Alessandro
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2014-10-01
Series:	Global Health Action
Subjects:	verbal autopsy cause of death mortality disease-specific mortality communicable disease non-communicable disease Farafenni The Gambia
Online Access:	http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/download/25598/pdf_1

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