Population Health Metrics

Table 1 Distribution of study sample and results of data collection by province and place of death in Thailand, 2005

From: Verifying causes of death in Thailand: rationale and methods for empirical investigation

				Data collection
				Hospital deaths					Home deaths
Region (% deaths)	Province	Study districts	Study Sample^a	Only MR ^b	MR & VA	Only VA ^c	Lost to follow up ^d	Total	VA	Lost to follow up ^e	Total
North East (32.4%)	Ubolrajthani	7	2699	81	525	117	24	747	1812	140	1952
	Leoi	3	1040	22	165	97	17	301	690	49	739
North (22.5%)	Chiang Rai	3	1849	73	404	160	55	692	972	185	1157
	Payow	3	751	20	136	73	18	247	435	69	504
Central (24.5%)	Supanburi	3	1970	68	472	192	54	786	1087	97	1184
	Nakhon Nayok	2	866	9	188	118	29	344	450	72	522
South (12.6%)	Songkhla	2	1059	140	277	43	37	497	430	132	562
	Chumpon	2	400	5	111	47	8	171	200	29	229
Bangkok Metropolitan Area (7.5%)		3	1350	340	280	84	155	859	252	239	491
Total		28	11984	758	2558	931	397	4644	6328	1012	7340

^aSampling plan included 15% oversampling for outer regions and 50% for Bangkok
^bDeaths for which adequate medical records (MR) traced but refused verbal autopsy (VA)
^cDeaths for which medical records either not traced or of inadequate quality to derive causes of death
^dHouseholds not located due to incorrect address in registration records, or migration
^eDeaths for which household not located or refused VA

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