Making COD statistics useful for public health at local level in the city of Cape Town: utilidad para la salud pública a nivel local en Ciudad del Cabo

• Main Authors: Bradshaw Debbie (Author), Groenewald Pamela (Author), Bourne David E (Author), Mahomed Hassan (Author), Nojilana Beatrice (Author), Daniels Johan (Author), Nixon Jo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To review the quality of the coding of the cause of death (COD) statistics and assess the mortality information needs of the City of Cape Town. METHODS: Using an action research approach, a study was set up to investigate the quality of COD information, the accuracy of COD coding and cons...