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Population Health Metrics Research Consortium Gold Standard Verbal Autopsy Data 2005-2011

General Info

Provider 
Population Health Metrics Research Consortium (PHMRC)
Geography 
India (IND)
Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh
Mexico (MEX)
Distrito Federal
Philippines (PHL)
Bohol
United Republic of Tanzania (TZA)
Dar es Salaam, Pemba North, Pemba South
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
January, 2007 - December, 2010
Data type
Survey: Verbal autopsy
Summary 

These data were collected as part of the Population Health Metrics Research Consortium (PHMRC) project. The files contain verbal autopsies (VAs) that were collected at six sites in four countries (India, Mexico, Tanzania, and the Philippines) using a standardized VA questionnaire developed by the PHMRC. The three datasets correspond to the main questionnaire subcomponents: neonate, child, and adult. The individual VAs are matched with "gold standard" diagnoses of underlying causes of death, which were established from medical records using stringent diagnostic criteria, including laboratory, pathology and medical imaging findings. All "open narrative" portions of the VAs were parsed for individual words or stems, which are included as variables in the final dataset, to remove any potentially identifying information in that portion of the interview. Variables that were analyzed as "health care experience" in past research are identified in the codebook.

Keywords 
Mortality, Verbal autopsy

Citation

Contributors 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
University of Queensland (Australia)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
George Institute for Global Health (India)
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS)
Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (India)
National Institute of Public Health (Mexico)
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (Tanzania)
Public Health Laboratory-Ivo de Carneri (Tanzania)
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (Philippines)
Funders 
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative
Publisher 
Population Health Metrics Research Consortium (PHMRC)
Publication year 
2013
Suggested citation 
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (India), George Institute for Global Health (India), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (Tanzania), National Institute of Public Health (Mexico), Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Public Health Laboratory-Ivo de Carneri (Tanzania), Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (Philippines), University of Queensland (Australia). Population Health Metrics Research Consortium Gold Standard Verbal Autopsy Data 2005-2011. Seattle, United States of America: Population Health Metrics Research Consortium (PHMRC), 2013.

Files (11)

Public files 
FileSize
Binary Data PHMRC VA adult data, CSV format21.45 MB
Binary Data PHMRC VA child data, CSV format3.35 MB
Binary Data PHMRC VA neonate data, CSV format4.74 MB
Binary Data PHMRC Data, codebook53.72 KB
Binary Data README2.85 KB
Binary Data PHMRC VA adult data, DTA format10.18 MB
Binary Data PHMRC VA child data, DTA format1.59 MB
Binary Data PHMRC VA neonate data, DTA format3 MB
Binary Data General module of the full verbal autopsy instrument used in the field in the PHMRC study128.5 KB
Binary Data Adult module of the full verbal autopsy instrument used in the field in the PHMRC study281.5 KB
Binary Data Child and neonate module of the full verbal autopsy instrument used in the field in the PHMRC study386.5 KB

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