Variable va5_otherspecify : Adult (Age in Years > 5) - Condition before Death: Other Specified Disease

Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 72
Valid case(s): 281
Invalid: 0

File: VERBAL AUTOPSY ROUND 8

Description
Deceased had another specified disease
Universe
Deceased de jure household members (usual residents) in the geographic coverage area, aged 6+, in all rounds 1-4 and 8+ as follows:
- Rounds 1 - 4, 8: all the deceased
- Rounds 9+: those who had an injury and an illness before death/those who did not have an injury before death
It includes those who had conditions not listed in the tool.
Source of information
Respondent

Categories

Value Category Cases
ABDOMINAL PAINS 1 0.4%
ASHTMA 1 0.4%
ASTHMA 1 0.4%
BLOCKAGE OF RECTUM 1 0.4%
BREAST CANCER 1 0.4%
CANCER 1 0.4%
HE STOPPED PASSING URINE FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS TO THE MATERIAL DAY 1 0.4%
HEAD INJURIES FROM CUTS 1 0.4%
HEADACHE 1 0.4%
LUNG DISEASE 1 0.4%
MALARIA 5 1.8%
MENEGITIS 1 0.4%
MISSING INFORMATION 1 0.4%
MUGGING 1 0.4%
NOT APPLICABLE 252 89.7%
PERSISTENT COUGH 1 0.4%
PNEUMONIA 1 0.4%
PNEUMONIA TYPHOID WOUNDS 1 0.4%
SHOT DEAD 2 0.7%
SYPHILIS 1 0.4%
TYPHOID 4 1.4%
ULCERS 1 0.4%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Literal question
VA form for people 5 yrs & older - 2.1h: Other (specify)____
Interviewer instructions
Get and confirm responses for A.4 to A.10 from death registration form
Generated: JUL-28-2011 using the IHSN Microdata Management Toolkit