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Table 5 Top 10 Causes of deaths among the brought-in-dead child cases in the University Teaching Hospital during research period by SmartVA and Death Notification Form

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

SmartVA (N = 205)

Death Notification Form (N = 205)

Rank

Cause of Death

No.

%

Rank

Cause of Death

No.

%

 

Undetermined

68

33.2%

 

Undetermined

111

54.1%

1

Pneumonia

36

17.6%

1

Diarrhea/Dysentery

18

8.8%

2

Diarrhea/Dysentery

32

15.6%

2

Other Defined CoD

14

6.8%

3

HIV/AIDS

25

12.2%

3

Pneumonia

10

4.9%

4

Malaria

5

2.4%

4

Malaria

9

4.4%

5

Fires

5

2.4%

5

RTA

7

3.4%

6

Drowning

5

2.4%

6

Drowning

7

3.4%

7

Other CVDs

5

2.4%

7

Fires

6

2.9%

8

Meningitis

4

2.0%

8

Other CVDs

6

2.9%

9

Other Defined CoD

4

2.0%

9

Epilepsy

5

2.4%

10

RTA

4

2.0%

10

Other Cancers

5

2.4%

  1. NB: CVDs cardiovascular diseases, RTA road traffic accident