Table 3 Deaths (male and female) at ages 25–69 in hospital: comparison between cause of death on death certificate and verbal autopsy in Chennai, India in 1995–97:
Verbal autopsy only | Cause of death on death certificate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Causes | Vasc | Resp | Neop | Infect | Unsp | Other Sp | Total |
1. Vascular disease (Vasc) | 2114 | 196 | 19 | 11 | 947 | 129 | 3416 |
2. Respiratory diseases including pulmonary TB (Resp) | 94 | 571 | 6 | 8 | 204 | 35 | 918 |
3. Neoplasm (Neop) | 85 | 36 | 462 | 22 | 158 | 37 | 800 |
4. Infection (except Resp) (Infect) | 51 | 29 | 4 | 203 | 111 | 53 | 451 |
5. Unspecified medical (unsp) | 30 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 114 | 11 | 176 |
6.Other specific medical illness(Other Sp.) | 219 | 67 | 11 | 45 | 319 | 892 | 1553 |
Total | 2593 | 911 | 510 | 290 | 1853 | 1157 | 7314 |