Linking mortuary data improves vital statistics on cause of death of children under five years in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 114-121

  Groenewald, Pam ^a   Bradshaw, Debbie ^a   Neethling, Ian ^a   Martin, Lorna J ^b   Dempers, Johan ^c   Morden, Erna ^d   Zinyakatira, Nesbert ^d   Coetzee, David ^b,d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Child mortality; Data linking; Forensic mortuary; Lower respiratory tract infections; Vital registration

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA QUALITY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INJURY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIARRHEA; DROWNING; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREMATURITY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VITAL STATISTICS;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84948179926     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12624     Document Type: Article

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