Mortality in Cambodia: An 18-Month Prospective Community-based Surveillance of All-age Deaths Using Verbal Autopsies

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• Alternative Title:
  Asia Pac J Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Goyet, Sophie ; Rammaert, Blandine ; McCarron, Margaret ; Khieu, Virak ; Fournier, Isabelle ; Kitsutani, Paul ; Ly, Sowath ; Mounts, Anthony ; Letson, William G. ; Buchy, Philippe ; Vong, Sirenda
• Description:
  To estimate the 2009-2010 death rates, causes, and patterns of mortality in rural Cambodia, we conducted active, population-based death surveillance in 25 rural villages of Cambodia from March 2009 to August 2010. Among the population of 28,053 under surveillance, 280 deaths were reported and explored by physician-certified verbal autopsies, using the International Classification of Diseases 10, yielding an overall mortality rate (MR) of 6.7/1000 persons-year (95% CI 5.74-7.68). The MR was 39.1/1000 live births for those younger than 5 years old. Infants accounted for 5.4% of all deaths. In children younger than 5 years, infectious and parasitic diseases were the leading causes of death. In children 5 to 14 years, 3 out of 4 deaths were due to injuries. Adult deaths were mainly attributed to noncommunicable diseases (52%). We conclude that this rural population is facing a substantial burden of noncommunicable diseases while still struggling with infectious diseases, respiratory diseases in particular.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Autopsy Cambodia Cause Of Death Child Child, Preschool Communicable Diseases Humans Infant Middle Aged Population Surveillance Prospective Studies Rural Population Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Mortality Rural Health Verbal Autopsy
• Source:
  Asia Pac J Public Health. 27(2):NP2458-NP2470
• Pubmed ID:
  24357610
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11295888
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01 IP000148/IP/NCIRD CDC HHSUnited States/ ; 1U01IP000148-01/IP/NCIRD CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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