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Table 1 Characteristics of the brought-in-dead adult and child cases in the University Teaching Hospital

From: Analysis of causes of death among brought-in-dead cases in a third-level Hospital in Lusaka, Republic of Zambia, using the tariff method 2.0 for verbal autopsy: a cross-sectional study

 

Adult

Child

Total Number

1378

209

Number of Refusals

12

4

Male (%) (95% CI)

62.8 (60.2–65.4)

44.9 (38.0–51.7)

Age (median year: 25–75th percentile)

42.0 (34.0–65.0)

0.88 (0.42–3.0)

Origins of the Participants

 Within Lusaka

1299

190

 Outside of Lusaka

44

5

 Unknown Origin

23

10