Algeria - Study of Causes of Death, TAHINA 2002
General Info
Original or alternative title
Étude des causes de décès TAHINA 2002
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2002 - December, 2002
Data type
Report:
Verbal autopsy
Summary
This report provides numbers of deaths by cause (ICD-10) for Algeria in 2002. The study analyzed 13,358 deaths in 12 provinces (out of 48), based on data collected from death certificates received by the Ministry of Health and Population.
Per the World Bank's Global Burden of Disease classification, this report divided deaths into three groups: (1) communicable diseases, perinatal, maternal and nutritional conditions, (2) non-communicable diseases, and (3) injuries. Within these groups, tabulations of deaths are broken down by cause and by either sex or age groups.
Keywords
Abortion, Acute glomerulonephritis, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Anemia, Appendicitis, Asthma, Blood disorders, COPD, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Causes of death, Causes of morbidity, Cerebrovascular diseases, Cervix uteri cancer, Chronic kidney diseases, Cirrhosis of the liver, Colon and rectum cancers, Congenital anomalies, Death certificates, Diabetes, Digestive diseases, Down's syndrome, Endocrine disorders, Epilepsy, HIV and AIDS, Heart disease, Hepatitis, Hyperplasia of prostate, Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, Infectious diseases, Injuries, Interpersonal violence, Ischemic heart disease, Kidney and other urinary organ cancers, Liver cancer, Maternal conditions, Maternal hemorrhage, Measles, Meningitis, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mortality, Musculoskeletal diseases, Neural tube defects, Nutritional deficiencies, Oesophagus cancer, Ovary cancer, Pancreas cancer, Peptic ulcer disease, Pregnancy complications, Prostate cancer, Road traffic injuries, Sense organ diseases, Skin cancers, Skin diseases, Stomach cancer, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers, Tuberculosis, Urinary diseases, Verbal autopsy, Maternal mortality, Abortive outcome
Citation
Contributors
Publication year
2008
Suggested citation
Epidemiological Transition and Health Impact in North Africa (TAHINA), Ministry of Health and Population (Algeria), National Institute of Public Health (Algeria). Algeria - Study of Causes of Death, TAHINA 2002. Alger, Algeria: National Institute of Public Health (Algeria), 2008.