| Title |
Cause of death among Ghanaian adolescents in Accra using autopsy data
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-0500-4-353 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sally-Ann Ohene, Yao Tettey, Robert Kumoji |
| Abstract |
There is limited data on adolescent mortality particularly from developing countries with unreliable death registration systems. This calls for the use of other sources of data to ascertain cause of adolescent mortality. The objective of this study was to describe the causes of death among Ghanaian adolescents 10 to 19 years in Accra, Ghana utilizing data from autopsies conducted in Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH). |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 3 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Cameroon | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 105 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 29 | 26% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 14% |
| Researcher | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 21 | 19% |
| Unknown | 23 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 7% |
| Psychology | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Unknown | 31 | 28% |
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