Adult mortality trends in Matlab, Bangladesh: an analysis of cause-specific risks.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

With socioeconomic development, improvement in preventing and curing infectious diseases, and increased exposure to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) risk factors (eg, overweight/obesity, sedentary lifestyle), the majority of adult deaths in Bangladesh in recent years are due to NCDs. This study examines trends in cause-specific mortality risks using data from the Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS).

Design, settings and participants

We conducted a follow-up study from 2003 to 2017 using data from Matlab HDSS, which covers a rural population of 0.24 million (in 2018) in Chandpur, Bangladesh. HDSS assessed the causes of all deaths using verbal autopsy and classified the causes using the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classificatio

SUBMITTER: Ahmed A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10510889 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature