(1) Department of Community Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia;(2) Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P.o. Box 2077, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Abstract:
Background
Information on adult mortality is essentially non-existent in Ethiopia particularly from rural areas where access to health services is limited and most deaths occur at home. This study was conducted with the aim of identifying causes of adult death in a rural population of Ethiopia using a simplified verbal autopsy instrument.