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NUHDSS - Verbal Autopsy, Causes of deaths 2002-2015

KENYA, 2002 - 2016
Nairobi Urban Health & Demographic Surveillance System
African Population and Health Research Center
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Variable Groups

Variable Groups

Variable group: OPEN HISTORY
Variables 83
vau_carefrom_pcnfp
sought care from: private-not for profit clinic
vau_carefrom_pcfp
sought care from: private-for profit clinic
vau_carefrom_privclinic
sought care from: private clinic
vau_carefrom_trad
sought care from: traditional healer
vau_carefrom_relig
sought care from: religious healer
vau_carefrom_pharm
sought care from: pharmacy/drug seller/store/market
vau_carefrom_ngofac
sought care from: NGO facility
vau_carefrom_other
sought care from: other
vau_carefrom_first
first place where sought healthcare for illness/injury
vau_illwith_hivaids
was ill with: HIV/AIDS
vau_illwith_cholera
was ill with: cholera
vau_illwith_dysentery
was ill with: dysentery
vau_illwith_diarrhoea
was ill with: diarrhoea
vau_illwith_kwashiorkor
was ill with: kwashiorkor
vau_illwith_malaria
was ill with: malaria
vau_illwith_marasmus
was ill with: marasmus
vau_illwith_measles
was ill with: measles
vau_illwith_pneumonia
was ill with: pneumonia
vau_illwith_tetanus
was ill with: tetanus
vau_illwith_typhoid
was ill with: typhoid
vau_illwith_tuberculosis
was ill with: tuberculosis
vau_illwith_other
was ill with: other
vau_injury_vehicle
injury caused by: vehicle accident
vau_injury_fall
injury caused by: fall
vau_injury_drowning
injury caused by: drowning
vau_injury_poison
injury caused by: poison
vau_injury_overdose
injury caused by: alcohol/drug overdose
vau_injury_shooting
injury caused by: shooting
vau_injury_venom
injury caused by: venomous bite/sting
vau_injury_burn
injury caused by: burn (scald/flame)
vau_injury_strangling
injury caused by: strangulation
vau_injury_cutstab
injury caused by: cuts/stabbing
vau_injury_bluntobject
injury caused by: assault by blunt object
vau_injury_other
injury caused by: other
vau_injuryintended
accident/injury was accidental/intentional
vau_cod_immediate
most immediate cause of death
vau_surv_immediate
how long survived most immediate cause of death
vau_death_province
province in Kenya in which died
vau_death_district
district in Kenya in which died
vau_death_areatype
type of area in Kenya in which died
vau_death_village
village in NUHDSS slum in which died
vau_deathplace
place of death
vau_sx_accident
had symptoms of: accident
vau_sx_hivaids
had symptoms of: HIV/AIDS
vau_sx_bornpremature
had symptoms of: born premature
vau_sx_cholera
had symptoms of: cholera
vau_sx_coma
had symptoms of: coma
vau_sx_diffdelivery
had symptoms of: complicated delivery
vau_sx_cough
had symptoms of: cough
vau_sx_diarrhoea
had symptoms of: diarrhoea
vau_sx_diffbreathing
had symptoms of: difficulty breathing
vau_sx_dysentery
had symptoms of: dysentery
vau_sx_fever
had symptoms of: fever
vau_sx_fit
had symptoms of: fit/convulsion
vau_sx_injury
had symptoms of: injury
vau_sx_jaundice
had symptoms of: jaundice
vau_sx_kwashiorkor
had symptoms of: washiorkor
vau_sx_malaria
had symptoms of: malaria
vau_sx_malformation
had symptoms of: malformation
vau_sx_marasmus
had symptoms of: marasmus
vau_sx_measles
had symptoms of: measles
vau_sx_meningitis
had symptoms of: meningitis
vau_sx_multiplebirth
had symptoms of: multiple birth
vau_sx_pneumonia
had symptoms of: pneumonia
vau_sx_rapidbreathing
had symptoms of: rapid breathing
vau_sx_rash
had symptoms of: rash
vau_sx_stiffneck
had symptoms of: stiff neck
vau_sx_tetanus
had symptoms of: tetanus
vau_sx_tuberculosis
had symptoms of: tuberculosis
vau_sx_typhoid
had symptoms of: typhoid
vau_sx_smallatbirth
had symptoms of: very small at birth
vau_sx_verythin
had symptoms of: very thin
vau_sx_vomiting
had symptoms of: vomiting
vau_sx_othersymptom
had symptoms of: other symptom
vau_b4dth_illorinjury
was ill/injured around the time of death
vau_b4dth_illonly
had illness around the time of death
vau_b4dth_injuryonly
had injury around the time of death
vau_durofillorinjury
duration of illness/injury (days) before death
vau_soughthealthcare
sought healthcare for illness/injury
vau_carefrom_govthosp
sought care from: government hospital
vau_carefrom_phnfp
sought care from: private-not for profit hospital
vau_carefrom_phfp
sought care from: private-for profit hospital
vau_carefrom_govtclinic
sought care from: government clinic