Table 2.
Top 10 Causes of deaths among the brought-in-dead adult cases in the University Teaching Hospital during research period by SmartVA and Death Notification Form
| SmartVA (N = 1366) | Death Notification Form (N = 1366) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Cause of Death | No | % | Rank | Cause of Death | No | % |
| Undetermined | 344 | 25.2% | Undetermined | 526 | 38.5% | ||
| 1 | HIV/AIDS | 278 | 20.4% | 1 | TB | 239 | 17.5% |
| 2 | Stroke | 134 | 9.8% | 2 | Other CVDs | 148 | 10.8% |
| 3 | TB | 87 | 6.4% | 3 | Malaria | 75 | 5.5% |
| 4 | Suicide | 68 | 5.0% | 4 | Stroke | 59 | 4.3% |
| 5 | DM | 67 | 4.9% | 5 | Other Cancers | 45 | 3.3% |
| 6 | Other CVDs | 57 | 4.2% | 6 | Suicide | 33 | 2.4% |
| 7 | Pneumonia | 52 | 3.8% | 7 | Diarrhea/Dysentery | 31 | 2.3% |
| 8 | Epilepsy | 38 | 2.8% | 8 | Other NCDs | 28 | 2.0% |
| 9 | IHD/AMI | 26 | 1.9% | 9 | DM | 25 | 1.8% |
| 10 | Asthma | 25 | 1.8% | 10 | RTA | 25 | 1.8% |
NB: TB tuberculosis, DM diabetes mellitus, CVDs cardiovascular diseases, AMI acute myocardial infarction, IHD ischemic heart disease, NCDs non-communicable diseases, RTA road traffic accident