Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of mortality in rural Birbhum, West Bengal, India: a sex-stratified analysis of verbal autopsies from a prospective cohort, 2012-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is a dearth of data on causes of death in rural India, which impedes identification of public health priorities to guide health interventions. This study aims to offer insights from verbal autopsies, to understand the pattern and distribution of causes of death in a rural area of Birbhum District, West Bengal, India.

Design

Causes of death data were retrieved from a prospective vital event surveillance system.

Setting

The Birbhum Population Project, a Health and Demographic Surveillance System, West Bengal, India.

Participants

Between January 2012 and December 2017, all deaths were recorded.

Main outcome measures

Trained Surveyors tracked all deaths prospectively and used a previously validated verbal autopsy (VA) tool to record causes o

SUBMITTER: Rai RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7590361 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature