Estimating cause-specific mortality in Madagascar: an evaluation of death notification data from the capital city.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trends in cause-specific mortality in most African countries are currently estimated from epidemiological models because the coverage of the civil registration system is low and national statistics on causes of death are unreliable at the national level. We aim to evaluate the performance of the death notification system in Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar, to inform cause-of-death statistics.

Methods

Information on the sex of the deceased, dates of birth and death, and underlying cause of death were transcribed from death registers maintained in Antananarivo. Causes of death were coded in ICD-9 and mapped to cause categories from the Global Burden of Disease 2016 Study (GBD). The performance of the notification system was assessed based on the Vital S

SUBMITTER: Masquelier B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6664726 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature