Causes of death in Tonga: quality of certification and implications for statistics

• Main Authors: Carter Karen (Author), Hufanga Sione (Author), Rao Chalapati (Author), Akauola Sione (Author), Lopez Alan D (Author), Rampatige Rasika (Author), Taylor Richard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Detailed cause of death data by age group and sex are critical to identify key public health issues and target interventions appropriately. In this study the quality of local routinely collected cause of death data from medical certi...