Journal of Public Health Medicine 25:372-376 (2003)
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Patterns of adult and old-age mortality in rural Burkina Faso
Osman A. Sankoh, Manager, Communications and External Relations, INDEPTH Network; formerly, Scientist, University of Heidelberg – medical school1,2
Gisela Kynast-Wolf, Statistician1
Bocar Kouyaté, Director3
Heiko Becher, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics1,
1 Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health, University of Heidelberg–Medical School, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
2 INDEPTH Network, P.O. Box KD 213 Kanda, Accra, Ghana
3 Nouna Health Research Centre, BP 2, Nouna, Burkina Faso
Address correspondence to Heiko Becker. E-mail: heiko.becher{at}urz.uni-heidelburg.de
Based on a demographic surveillance population from 39 villages in rural Burkina Faso, we describe mortality patterns in adults (15–59 years) and older people (
60 years), and discuss seasonal trends in mortality. During the study period 1993–1998, 589 deaths in adults and 593 deaths in older people were recorded from an average adult and older people population of 13 550. The crude all-cause mortality rate per 1000 for adults was 7.3 (95 per cent confidence interval (CI) 6.7–7.8) and for older people 55.8 (95 per cent CI 51.3–60.3). The probability of dying before age 60 after reaching age 15 was 34 per cent for males and 32 per cent for females. Malaria and diarrhoea, recorded through verbal autopsy, accounted for 21 per cent of total deaths in adults and 22 per cent in older people. A seasonal trend in mortality for older people with a peak in February was identified. The study shows that malaria is an important cause of death in adulthood.
Keywords: adult mortality, old age mortality, demographic surveillance system, verbal autopsy
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