Estimated causes of death in Thailand, 2005: implications for health policy |
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| Authors: | Yawarat Porapakkham Chalapati Rao Junya Pattaraarchachai Warangkana Polprasert Theo Vos Timothy Adair and Alan D Lopez |
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| Institution: | (1) Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand;(2) School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia;(3) Department of Community Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand;(4) School of Health Services, Thummathirat Open University, Bangkok, Thailand;(5) Health Information Systems Knowledge Hub, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Background Almost 400,000 deaths are registered each year in Thailand. Their value for public health policy and planning is greatly diminished
by incomplete registration of deaths and by concerns about the quality of cause-of-death information. This arises from misclassification
of specified causes of death, particularly in hospitals, as well as from extensive use of ill-defined and vague codes to attribute
the underlying cause of death. Detailed investigations of a sample of deaths in and out of hospital were carried out to identify
misclassification of causes and thus derive a best estimate of national mortality patterns by age, sex, and cause of death. |
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