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Bangladesh - Chandpur and Comilla District Verbal Autopsy Study 2011-2014

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General Info
Geography 
Bangladesh (BGD)
Chattogram
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
01/2011 - 04/2014
Data type
Survey:
  • Verbal autopsy
Summary 

This study gathered information about the deaths of residents in the Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System area, as well as residents of the Chandpur and Comilla Districts. Data collection occurred at Comilla Medical College Hospital, Chandpur District Hospital, all upazila health complexes in the Chandpur district, and some private hospitals in the Chandpur district.

Once the death data were collected from hospitals, verbal autopsy interviews were conducted in households. Questionnaires for these interviews covered several topics, including diseases and symptoms predating death, housing conditions, health care use, and access to health facilities.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Alcohol use, Assets, Birth weight, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Causes of death, Child mortality, Community health clinics, Congenital anomalies, Cooking fuels, Cough, Death certificates, Education, Electricity, Family size, Fever, Headache, Health care access, Health care use, Health insurance, Hospitals, Housing conditions, Housing materials, ICD-10, Immunization, Infant mortality, Land ownership, Live births, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal conditions, Maternal mortality, Menopause, Menstruation, Mortality, Multiple births, Neonatal conditions, Neonatal jaundice, Occupations, Pain, Paralysis, Pharmacies, Place of death, Place of delivery, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Pruritus, Refrigeration, Religion, Sanitation, Seizures, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Teachers, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Traditional healers, Transportation, Verbal autopsy, Vomiting, Water supply
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