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OBJECTIVE:To develop, in a mortuary setting, a pilot programme for improving the accuracy of records of deaths caused by injury. METHODS:The recording of injury-related deaths was upgraded at the mortuary of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, in 1996 through the creation of a prospectively gathered database. FINDINGS:There was an increase in the number of deaths reported annually as attributable to injury from 72 before 1995 to 633 in 1996-99. Injuries accounted for 8.6% of all deaths recorded in the mortuary and for 12% of deaths in the age range 15-59 years; 80% of deaths caused by injury occurred outside the hospital and thus would not have been indicated in hospital statistics; 88% of injury-related deaths were associated with transport, and 50% of these involved injuries to pedestrians. CONCLUSIONS:Injury was a significant cause of mortality in this urban African setting, especially among adults of working age. The reporting of injury-related deaths in a mortuary was made more complete and accurate by means of simple inexpensive methods. This source of data could make a significant contribution to an injury surveillance system, along with hospital records and police accident reports.
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Bull World Health Organjournal_title
Bulletin of the World Health Organizationauthors
London J,Mock C,Abantanga FA,Quansah RE,Boateng KAsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-01-01 00:00:00pages
357-64issue
5eissn
0042-9686issn
1564-0604pii
S0042-96862002000500005journal_volume
80pub_type
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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pub_type： 新闻
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更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00
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doi：10.2471/BLT.13.132118
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pub_type： 杂志文章,实务指引
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1960-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.2471/BLT.18.215764
更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.2471/BLT.18.227447
更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.2471/BLT.11.090209
更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1966-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1967-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.2471/BLT.11.088955
更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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doi：
更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
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doi：10.2471/BLT.16.178236
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doi：/S0042-96862004001100009
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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doi：10.2471/BLT.18.030918
更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00
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doi：10.2471/blt.07.045484
更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00
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