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Table 3 List of keywords used as a checklist in the open narrative for the adult, child, and neonatal modules

From: A shortened verbal autopsy instrument for use in routine mortality surveillance systems

Neonate

Child

Adult

Asphyxia (lack of oxygen)

Abdomen

Chronic kidney disease

Incubator

Cancer

Dialysis

Lung problems

Dehydration

Fever

Pneumonia

Dengue fever

Heart attack (AMI)

Preterm delivery

Diarrhea

Heart problems

Respiratory distress

Fever

Jaundice (yellow skin or eyes)

 

Heart problems

Kidney (renal) failure

 

Jaundice (yellow skin or eyes)

Liver failure

 

Rash

Malaria

  

Pneumonia

  

Suicide