Trauma-related mortality among adults in Rural Western Kenya: characterising deaths using data from a health and demographic surveillance system.

BackgroundInformation on trauma-related deaths in low and middle income countries is limited but needed to target public health interventions.Data from a health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) were examined to characterise such deaths in rural western Kenya.Methods and findingsVerbal autopsy data were analysed.Of 11,147 adult deaths betw

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