Association of socioeconomic and behavioral factors with adult mortality: analysis of data from verbal autopsy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Alternative Title:
  BMC Public Health
• Personal Author:
  Misganaw, Awoke ; Mariam, Damen Haile ; Araya, Tekebash
• Description:
  Background
  
  Changes in socioeconomic status, lifestyle and behavioral factors among the urban population in Ethiopia is resulting in a shift in the causes of mortality.
  
  Methods
  
  A total of 49,309 deaths from burial surveillance were eligible for verbal autopsy for the years 2006 to 2009. Among these, 10% (4,931) were drawn randomly for verbal autopsy of which 91% (4,494) were adults of age ≥15 years. Verbal autopsies, used to identify causes of death and frequency of risk factors, were completed for 3,709 (83%) of the drawn sample.
  
  Results
  
  According to the results of the verbal autopsy, non-communicable diseases caused 1,915 (51%) of the total adult deaths, while communicable diseases and injuries caused 1,566 (42%) and 233 (6%) of the deaths respectively.
  
  Conclusion
  
  The findings from the analysis suggest that public health interventions targeting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, as well as non-communicable diseases need to consider behavioral factors related to alcohol, tobacco and khat consumption. We also recommend large scale national level studies to further assess the specific contributions of these risk factors to the burden of mortality in the country.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Alcohol Drinking Autopsy Cause Of Death Chronic Disease Communicable Diseases Female Health Behavior Humans Life Style Male Middle Aged Research Article Risk Factors Smoking Social Class Wounds And Injuries Young Adult

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• Source:
  BMC Public Health. 2013; 13:634.
• Pubmed ID:
  23835193
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3708758
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  5U22/PS022179_05/PS/NCHHSTP CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Ethiopia
• Volume:
  13
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:679c69e242408435ce96eb5ea3a070bd617577a3d51ff1a22e43fc9c29ffb750
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/22586/cdc_22586_DS1.pdf
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