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Initial burden of disease estimates for South Africa, 2000 [PDF]

, 2003
BACKGROUND This paper describes the first national burden of disease study for South Africa. The main focus is the burden due to premature mortality, i.e. years of life lost (YLLs). In addition, estimates of the burden contributed by morbidity, i.e.
Bourne, David E., Bradshaw, Debbie, Dorrington, Rob, Groenewald, Pam, Johnson, Leigh, Laubscher, Ria, Nannan, Nadine, Nojilana, Beatrice, Norman, Rosana, Pieterse, Desiréé, Schneider, Michelle, Timæus, Ian M.   +11 more
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Multimorbidity : definition, assessment, measurement and impact

, 2020
Research and clinical practice mostly focus on single-disease approaches whereas in reality many patients suffer from more than one chronic condition. The co-occurrence of conditions has increasingly been defined as multimorbidity.
Boeckxstaens, Pauline, Petrovic, Mirko
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Capture-recapture analysis of all-cause mortality data in Bohol, Philippines [PDF]

, 2011
Background Despite the importance of mortality data for effective planning and monitoring of health services, official reporting systems rarely capture every death. The completeness of death reporting and the subsequent effect on mortality estimates were
Diozele Sanvictores, Gail Williams, Hazel Madera, Ian Riley, Karen L Carter, Veronica Tallo   +5 more
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Relacionamento probabilístico: recuperação de informações de óbitos infantis e natimortos em localidade no Maranhão, Brasil Probabilistic record linkage: recovery of data on infant deaths and stillbirths in Maranhão State, Brazil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2011
Neste estudo utilizou-se método do relacionamento probabilístico de registros para estimar o sub-registro das informações sobre natimortos e óbitos infantis no Estado do Maranhão, Nordeste do Brasil, em 2008.
Roberio Antonio Alencar Rafael, Valdinar Sousa Ribeiro, Milady Cutrim Vieira Cavalcante, Alcione Miranda dos Santos, Vanda Maria Ferreira Simões   +4 more
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Hidden Maternal Mortality? Under-Registration of Maternal Mortality in Maastricht, 1870–1910

Historical Life Course Studies
Maternal mortality rates in the 19th-century Netherlands were low compared to other European countries. But was this due to high-quality midwifery care or under-registration? This study examines maternal mortality registration in Maastricht by comparing
Mayra Murkens, Wieke Elien Metzlar
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Subnotificação da mortalidade materna no Estado do Paraná, Brasil: 1991-2005 Underreporting of maternal deaths in Paraná State, Brazil: 1991-2005

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2008
Este artigo objetiva analisar a subnotificação dos óbitos maternos no Paraná, Brasil, no período de 1991-2005, detalhando as causas básicas que ocultavam os óbitos maternos e o preenchimento dos campos 43 e 44 da Declaração de Óbito em período recente ...
Vânia Muniz Néquer Soares, Elbens M. Minorelli de Azevedo, Terezinha L. Watanabe   +2 more
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Provincial mortality in South Africa, 2000 - Priority-setting for now and a benchmark for the future [PDF]

, 2005
Background. Cause-of-death statistics are an essential component of health information. Despite improvements, underregistration and misclassification of causes make it difficult to interpret the official death statistics. Objective.
Bradshaw, Debbie, Groenewald, Pam, Joubert, Jane, Laubscher, Ria, Nannan, Nadine, Nojilana, Beatrice, Norman, Rosana, Pieterse, Desiree, Schneider, Michelle   +8 more
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Sub-registro de nascimentos vivos hospitalares em área urbana da região sul do Brasil, em 1989 Under registration of hospital live births in an urban area of Southern Brazil, 1989

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1993
Com o objetivo de avaliar a real situação do Registro Civil, no Município de Maringá, PR, Brasil, foram estudados 4.876 nascimentos vivos ocorridos nos seus hospitais, em 1989, filhos de mulheres nele residentes. São apresentadas as etapas que permitiram
Regina K. Tanno de Souza, Sabina L.D. Gotlieb   +1 more
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Sub-registro de nascimentos no município de Centro Novo do Maranhão, 2002 Under-registration of births in the municipality of Centro Novo do Maranhão, 2002

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 2003
Apesar da importância do registro de nascimento para o cálculo de vários indicadores de saúde, o sub-registro de nascimentos ainda é muito elevado no Brasil: 31,5% em 1995.
Adílson Lopes Cardoso, Maria Idalina Marques Fernandes, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva, Vânia Maria de Farias Aragão, Raimundo Antonio da Silva   +4 more
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Replacing iron-folic acid with multiple micronutrient supplements among pregnant women in Bangladesh and Burkina Faso: costs, impacts, and cost-effectiveness. [PDF]

, 2019
Consumption of multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) during pregnancy offers additional benefits compared with iron-folic acid (IFA) supplementation, but the tablets are more expensive.
Engle-Stone, Reina, Kumordzie, Sika M, Meinzen-Dick, Laura, Vosti, Stephen A   +3 more
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