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Mortality in women of reproductive age in rural South Africa
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| Author | Nabukalu, Dorean Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin Herbst, Kobus |
| Abstract | Objective: To determine causes of death and associated risk factors in women of reproductive age in rural South Africa. Methods: Deaths and person-years of observation (pyo) were determined for females (aged 1549 years) resident in 15,526 households in a rural South African Demographic and Health Surveillance site from 2000 to 2009. Cause of death was ascertained by verbal autopsy and ICD-10 coded; causes were categorized as HIV/TB, non-communicable, communicable/maternal/perinatal/nutrition, injuries, and undetermined (unknown). Characteristics of women were obtained from regularly updated household visits, while HIV and self-reported health status was obtained from the annual HIV surveillance. Overall and cause-specific mortality rates (MRs) with 95 % confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. The Weibull regression model (HR, 95 % CI) was used to determine risk factors associated with mortality. Results: A total of 42,703 eligible women were included; 3,098 deaths were reported for 212,607 pyo. Overall MR was 14.6 deaths/1,000 pyo (95 % CI: 14.115.1), peaking in 2003 (MR 18.2/1,000 pyo, 95 % CI: 16.420.1) |
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