Evaluation of suicide rates in rural India using verbal autopsies, 1994-9
Evaluation of suicide rates in rural India using verbal autopsies, 1994-9
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10.1136/bmj.326.7399.1121
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2003-05-24
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Jacob, KS
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Joseph, A;Abraham, S;Jacob, KS
方法和结果社区卫生工作者（村民），卫生助理，社区护士和医生达成共识的死因。社区保健工作者、保健助理和护士独立访问了死者的家，并从死者的亲属和邻居、传统医士和村领导那里收集信息。这些卫生专业人员与医生讨论了死亡的情况。医生独立地从村里的不同来源收集信息，以防对死因有任何怀疑。[3] 1994年和1996- 1997年，独立调查员对该系统进行了评估;他们得出的结论是，该方法没有高估自杀人数。我们使用定期更新的人口普查数据（自1994年以来）估计人口。
Methods and resultsA community health worker (a resident of the village), health aide, community nurse, and doctor reached a consensus on the cause of death. The community health worker, health aide, and nurse independently visited the home of the deceased and collected information from relatives and neighbours of the deceased, traditional healers, and village leaders. These health professionals discussed the circumstances of the death with the doctor. The doctor independently collected information from the different sources in the village in case of any doubts about cause of death. 3 The system was evaluated by independent interviewers in 1994 and 1996-7; they concluded that the method does not over-report the number of suicides. We estimated population using census data (from 1994), which are updated regularly.