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Validity and completeness of death reporting and registration in a rural district of Vietnam

Authors :
Bo Eriksson
Tran Q. Huy
Peter Byass
Nguyen Hoang Long
Dinh Thi Phuong Hoa
Source :
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 31:12-18
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
SAGE Publications, 2003.

Abstract

Aims: Assessment was made of the validity of mortality estimates based on data collected during 1999 - 2000 by quarterly follow-up visits and compared with other methods (re-census, communal death registration, and neighbourhood survey). Methods: This study was carried out within a longitudinal epidemiological laboratory in Bavi District, Vietnam (called FilaBavi), covering a sample of 11,089 households with 51,024 inhabitants. Deaths within FilaBavi during 1999 - 2000 were collected by four methods and compared: quarterly household follow-ups, the re-census carried out in 2001, the Commune Population Registration System (CPRS), and a neighbourhood survey. Results: Within these four methods, a total of 471 deaths were detected in the FilaBavi sample. Quarterly household follow-ups detected 470 deaths (99.8%). The re-census missed 19 deaths, of which eight were infants, and two-thirds of the missed deaths fell in 1999. The CPRS missed 89 cases (19%), the majority being infant and elderly deaths. The neighbourhood survey over-reported deaths. Conclusions: Quarterly follow-ups were the best method for death registration. The re-census approach was less complete, with problems of recall bias. The completeness and quality of death registration by CPRS was low, especially for infant and elderly mortality.

Details

ISSN :
16511905 and 14034948
Volume :
31
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....d1622a511542f3fb2f82dc57d6421b61
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/14034950310015059