Objectives To determine patterns and risk factors for cause‐specific adult mortality in rural
southern Tanzania. Methods The study was a longitudinal open cohort and focused on …

Background There are scant data on the causes of adult deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. We
estimated the level and trends in adult mortality, overall and by different causes, in rural …

Background Although death records are useful for planning and monitoring health
interventions, such information is limited in most developing countries. Verbal autopsy (VA) …

Objective To describe the age–sex pattern and socio‐economic differentials in causes of
death among adults between the ages of 15 and 59 years in Zambia. Methods Using data …

Background Globally, non-communicable diseases (NCD) kill about 40 million people
annually, with about three-quarters of the deaths occurring in low-and middle-income …

Background Mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a major global issue, as
other categories of mortality have diminished and life expectancy has increased. The World …

Background The advent of the HIV pandemic and the more recent prevention and
therapeutic interventions have resulted in extensive and rapid changes in cause-specific …

Background: Globally, non-communicable diseases (NCD) kill about 40 million people
annually, with about three-quarters of the deaths occurring in low and middle-income …

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 …

Reliable malaria related mortality data is important for planning appropriate interventions.
However, there is scarce information on the pattern of malaria related mortality in epidemic …