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 Assessing the causes of death across all regions of the world requires a
framework for integrating, and analysing, the fragmentary information that is available on …

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 …

Understanding of global health and changing morbidity and mortality is limited by
inadequate measurement of population health. With fewer than one-third of deaths …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate trends in adult mortality in a population serviced by a public-
sector antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme in rural South Africa using a demographic …

Background Hospital-based studies have suggested that fire-related deaths might be a
neglected public-health issue in India. However, no national estimates of these deaths exist …

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 …

In regions without complete-coverage civil registration and vital statistics systems there is
uncertainty about even the most basic demographic indicators. In such regions, the majority …

Each year there are an estimated four million neonatal deaths and at least 3.2 million
stillbirths. Three‐quarters of the world's neonatal deaths are counted only through five …

Background Verbal autopsy (VA) is recognized as the only feasible alternative to
comprehensive medical certification of deaths in settings with no or unreliable vital …