Bangladesh - Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System
General Info
Coverage type
Subnational
Time period covered
January, 1966 - present
Data type
Demographic surveillance:
Household - Individual - Interview - Longitudinal - Verbal autopsy
Summary
The Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System was established in 1966, and covers rural villages within an area of 184 square kilometers. The system records births, deaths, migrations, marriages, and divorces of household members. Matlab HDSS is a member of the INDEPTH network and it utilizes INDEPTH standardized verbal autopsy tools.
Keywords
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Causes of death, Diphtheria, Domestic migration, Family composition, Fertility, Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, ICD-10, ICD-9, Live births, Malnutrition, Marital status, Maternal conditions, Maternal hemorrhage, Maternal mortality, Maternal sepsis, Mortality, Obstructed labor, Rabies, Stillbirths, Tetanus, Verbal autopsy
Citation
Funders
Suggested citation
INDEPTH, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). Bangladesh - Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System.