Community Causes of Death in the Central Region of Ghana, the Missing Piece in Mortality Data

• Main Authors: Patrick Kafui Akakpo (Author), Emmanuel Gustav Imbeah (Author), Francis Agyarko-Wiredu (Author), Kennedy Awlavi (Author), Kwame Baah-Amoh (Author), Leonard Derkyi-Kwarteng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. Mortality data from hospitals in Ghana suggest a changing mortality trend with noncommunicable diseases (cardiovascular disorders) replacing communicable diseases as the leading cause of death. Our objective was to find out the causes of deaths in the communities of the Central Region of...