Mortality rate and cause of death pettern in Thai Nguyen and Quang Ninh provinces

Abstract

Cause of deaths reflects the burden of diseases in the community and is important information for evidence-based health policy. Objectives of the study were to determine mortality rates and cause of death pattern in Thai Nguyen and Quang Ninh. A cross - sectional study was conducted. One thousand four hundred and seventy seven deaths were recorded at 26 communes in 2014. The survey was used WHO standard verbal autopsy questionnaire. The results showed that overall mortality rate was 4.94‰, mortality rate among males was higher than among females (6.09‰ versus 4.91‰, p < 0.05), urban population had lower rate of death than the rural population (4.73‰ versus 5.56‰, p < 0,05). The results showed that most of the deaths occurred at home (88%), only 4.8% of deaths in health facilities. There was a transition in the cause of death pattern while the leading causes were cardiovascular diseases, cancer and injury. In particular, death from stroke was 20.6%, lung cancer 8.3% and traffic accident 3.7%. In conclusion, it is necessary to collect information about the deaths, which are outside health facilities (at home) and an intervention programs need to prioritize for some of the leading causes of death.