Cause-of-death ascertainment for deaths that occur outside hospitals in Thailand: application of verbal autopsy methods

Table 1 Structure of Thai verbal autopsy questionnaires

Deaths under one year of age	Items	Deaths aged one year and over	Items
General information	15	General information	15
Basic information on mother of deceased	6	Basic information on the deceased	10
Basic information on the deceased	12	Accident and injuries	3
Accident and injuries	2	Check list of symptoms, including 11 items for maternal deaths	61
Check list of symptoms on pregnancy and delivery, and on child health	33	History of chronic conditions and behavioural risk factors of the deceased	3
Description of illness and death as told by respondents	2	Description of illness and death as told by respondents	2
Health records	9	Health records	9
Cause of death from death certification or other documents	7	Cause of death from death certification and other documents	7
Total items	86	Total items	110

ISSN: 1478-7954