Increasing demand for better quality data and more investment to strengthen civil
registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems will require increased emphasis on objective …

750 Circulation February 12, 2013 30% of all subjects, these differences crossed a major
disease category. Interestingly, this study confirmed that diseases of the circulatory system …

Background Verbal autopsy (VA) is a practical method for determining probable causes of
death at the population level in places where systems for medical certification of cause of …

Background Verbal autopsy methods are critically important for evaluating the leading
causes of death in populations without adequate vital registration systems. With a myriad of …

Background Monitoring progress with disease and injury reduction in many populations will
require widespread use of verbal autopsy (VA). Multiple methods have been developed for …

Background Almost 400,000 deaths are registered each year in Thailand. Their value for
public health policy and planning is greatly diminished by incomplete registration of deaths …

Objective Verbal autopsy (VA) is a systematic approach for determining causes of death
(CoD) in populations without routine medical certification. It has mainly been used in …

Background: Reliable and representative cause of death (COD) statistics are essential to
inform public health policy, respond to emerging health needs, and document progress …

OBJECTIVE To propose a method of redistributing ill-defined causes of death (IDCD) based
on the investigation of such causes. METHODS In 2010, an evaluation of the results of …

Background The Indonesian national Sample Registration System (SRS) is a source of vital
statistical information. This article describes the design of the SRS along with an analysis of …