Published in Popul Health Metr on August 04, 2011
Modeling causes of death: an integrated approach using CODEm. Popul Health Metr (2012) 3.12
Robust metrics for assessing the performance of different verbal autopsy cause assignment methods in validation studies. Popul Health Metr (2011) 3.10
Revising the WHO verbal autopsy instrument to facilitate routine cause-of-death monitoring. Glob Health Action (2013) 2.69
Performance of physician-certified verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards. Popul Health Metr (2011) 2.62
Using verbal autopsy to measure causes of death: the comparative performance of existing methods. BMC Med (2014) 2.39
Performance of the Tariff Method: validation of a simple additive algorithm for analysis of verbal autopsies. Popul Health Metr (2011) 2.32
Estimating deaths from cardiovascular disease: a review of global methodologies of mortality measurement. Circulation (2013) 2.22
Random forests for verbal autopsy analysis: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards. Popul Health Metr (2011) 2.18
Performance of InterVA for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards. Popul Health Metr (2011) 2.06
Reflections on the global burden of disease 2010 estimates. PLoS Med (2013) 2.00
Simplified Symptom Pattern Method for verbal autopsy analysis: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards. Popul Health Metr (2011) 1.54
Measuring unsafe abortion-related mortality: a systematic review of the existing methods. PLoS One (2013) 1.53
Direct estimation of cause-specific mortality fractions from verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards. Popul Health Metr (2011) 1.53
Assessing quality of medical death certification: Concordance between gold standard diagnosis and underlying cause of death in selected Mexican hospitals. Popul Health Metr (2011) 1.45
Usefulness of the Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy data for general verbal autopsy methods. BMC Med (2014) 1.37
Assessing the global burden of ischemic heart disease, part 2: analytic methods and estimates of the global epidemiology of ischemic heart disease in 2010. Glob Heart (2012) 1.26
Performance of four computer-coded verbal autopsy methods for cause of death assignment compared with physician coding on 24,000 deaths in low- and middle-income countries. BMC Med (2014) 1.15
Malaria mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites. Glob Health Action (2014) 1.08
Causes of death in Tonga: quality of certification and implications for statistics. Popul Health Metr (2012) 1.07
Improving performance of the Tariff Method for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies. BMC Med (2015) 1.03
Verbal autopsy as a tool for identifying children dying of sickle cell disease: a validation study conducted in Kilifi district, Kenya. BMC Med (2014) 1.03
Whither verbal autopsy? Popul Health Metr (2011) 0.99
Direct estimates of national neonatal and child cause-specific mortality proportions in Niger by expert algorithm and physician-coded analysis of verbal autopsy interviews. J Glob Health (2015) 0.93
A shortened verbal autopsy instrument for use in routine mortality surveillance systems. BMC Med (2015) 0.92
Measuring causes of death in populations: a new metric that corrects cause-specific mortality fractions for chance. Popul Health Metr (2015) 0.88
Factors associated with delay in care-seeking for fatal neonatal illness in the Sylhet district of Bangladesh: results from a verbal and social autopsy study. J Glob Health (2016) 0.83
Verbal Autopsy: Evaluation of Methods to Certify Causes of Death in Uganda. PLoS One (2015) 0.80
Social determinants of child mortality in Niger: Results from the 2012 National Verbal and Social Autopsy Study. J Glob Health (2016) 0.80
Identification of factors associated with stillbirth in the Indian state of Bihar using verbal autopsy: A population-based study. PLoS Med (2017) 0.80
Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet (2017) 0.79
What is the optimal recall period for verbal autopsies? Validation study based on repeat interviews in three populations. Popul Health Metr (2016) 0.79
Probabilistic Cause-of-death Assignment using Verbal Autopsies. J Am Stat Assoc (2016) 0.79
Two-year survival following discharge from hospital after spinal cord injury in Bangladesh. Spinal Cord (2015) 0.79
Practical issues in the measurement of child survival in health systems trials: experience developing a digital community-based mortality surveillance programme in rural Nepal. BMJ Glob Health (2016) 0.78
Verbal/Social Autopsy in Niger 2012-2013: A new tool for a better understanding of the neonatal and child mortality situation. J Glob Health (2016) 0.78
Modelling the impact of alcohol consumption on cardiovascular disease mortality for comparative risk assessments: an overview. BMC Public Health (2016) 0.78
Verbal/social autopsy study helps explain the lack of decrease in neonatal mortality in Niger, 2007-2010. J Glob Health (2016) 0.78
The paradox of verbal autopsy in cause of death assignment: symptom question unreliability but predictive accuracy. Popul Health Metr (2016) 0.78
Validating hierarchical verbal autopsy expert algorithms in a large data set with known causes of death. J Glob Health (2016) 0.77
Seasonal and temporal trends in all-cause and malaria mortality in rural Burkina Faso, 1998-2007. Malar J (2015) 0.76
Measuring mortality due to HIV-associated tuberculosis among adults in South Africa: Comparing verbal autopsy, minimally-invasive autopsy, and research data. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
A feasibility study on using smartphones to conduct short-version verbal autopsies in rural China. Popul Health Metr (2016) 0.75
Taken to Health Care Provider or Not, Under-Five Children Die of Preventable Causes: Findings from Cross-Sectional Survey and Social Autopsy in Rural India. Indian J Community Med (2016) 0.75
Multiple-bias analysis as a technique to address systematic error in measures of abortion-related mortality. Popul Health Metr (2016) 0.75
Validating estimates of prevalence of non-communicable diseases based on household surveys: the symptomatic diagnosis study. BMC Med (2015) 0.75
Implementing the PHMRC shortened questionnaire: Survey duration of open and closed questions in three sites. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
The quality of medical death certification of cause of death in hospitals in rural Bangladesh: impact of introducing the International Form of Medical Certificate of Cause of Death. BMC Health Serv Res (2017) 0.75
Direct estimates of cause-specific mortality fractions and rates of under-five deaths in the northern and southern regions of Nigeria by verbal autopsy interview. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Verbal autopsy: current practices and challenges. Bull World Health Organ (2006) 6.66
Childhood deaths in Africa: uses and limitations of verbal autopsies. Lancet (1992) 6.14
Validation and application of verbal autopsies in a rural area of South Africa. Trop Med Int Health (2000) 5.77
Civil registration systems and vital statistics: successes and missed opportunities. Lancet (2007) 5.67
Chronic diseases now a leading cause of death in rural India--mortality data from the Andhra Pradesh Rural Health Initiative. Int J Epidemiol (2006) 5.60
Verbal autopsies for adult deaths: their development and validation in a multicentre study. Trop Med Int Health (1998) 4.47
Changes in rates of autopsy-detected diagnostic errors over time: a systematic review. JAMA (2003) 4.45
Validation of the symptom pattern method for analyzing verbal autopsy data. PLoS Med (2007) 4.35
Validation of verbal autopsy procedures for adult deaths in China. Int J Epidemiol (2005) 4.20
Validity of verbal autopsy procedures for determining cause of death in Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 3.62
Diagnostic accuracy of physician review, expert algorithms and data-derived algorithms in adult verbal autopsies. Int J Epidemiol (1999) 3.51
Assessing a new approach to verbal autopsy interpretation in a rural Ethiopian community: the InterVA model. Bull World Health Organ (2006) 3.47
Refining a probabilistic model for interpreting verbal autopsy data. Scand J Public Health (2006) 3.44
Verbal autopsies for adult deaths: issues in their development and validation. Int J Epidemiol (1994) 3.35
Mortality registration and surveillance in China: History, current situation and challenges. Popul Health Metr (2005) 3.31
A probabilistic approach to interpreting verbal autopsies: methodology and preliminary validation in Vietnam. Scand J Public Health Suppl (2003) 3.16
Robust metrics for assessing the performance of different verbal autopsy cause assignment methods in validation studies. Popul Health Metr (2011) 3.10
Interim measures for meeting needs for health sector data: births, deaths, and causes of death. Lancet (2007) 2.71
Creating and validating an algorithm to measure AIDS mortality in the adult population using verbal autopsy. PLoS Med (2006) 2.70
Performance of physician-certified verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards. Popul Health Metr (2011) 2.62
Performance of the Tariff Method: validation of a simple additive algorithm for analysis of verbal autopsies. Popul Health Metr (2011) 2.32
Random forests for verbal autopsy analysis: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards. Popul Health Metr (2011) 2.18
Evaluation of neonatal verbal autopsy using physician review versus algorithm-based cause-of-death assignment in rural Nepal. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (2005) 2.15
Performance of InterVA for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards. Popul Health Metr (2011) 2.06
Validity of data-derived algorithms for ascertaining causes of adult death in two African sites using verbal autopsy. Trop Med Int Health (2000) 2.04
Verbal autopsy interpretation: a comparative analysis of the InterVA model versus physician review in determining causes of death in the Nairobi DSS. Popul Health Metr (2010) 2.04
Cause-of-death ascertainment for deaths that occur outside hospitals in Thailand: application of verbal autopsy methods. Popul Health Metr (2010) 1.99
A review of data-derived methods for assigning causes of death from verbal autopsy data. Int J Epidemiol (1997) 1.92
Evaluating the InterVA model for determining AIDS mortality from verbal autopsies in the adult population of Addis Ababa. Trop Med Int Health (2010) 1.86
Validity of verbal autopsy in determining causes of adult deaths. Indian J Public Health (2006) 1.82
A case study of using artificial neural networks for classifying cause of death from verbal autopsy. Int J Epidemiol (2001) 1.76
The autopsy as an outcome and performance measure. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ) (2002) 1.71
Validation of verbal autopsy to determine the cause of 137 neonatal deaths in Karachi, Pakistan. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (2003) 1.57
Simplified Symptom Pattern Method for verbal autopsy analysis: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards. Popul Health Metr (2011) 1.54
Direct estimation of cause-specific mortality fractions from verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards. Popul Health Metr (2011) 1.53
Verbal autopsy can consistently measure AIDS mortality: a validation study in Tanzania and Zimbabwe. J Epidemiol Community Health (2009) 1.51
Verbal autopsy: reliability and validity estimates for causes of death in the Golestan Cohort Study in Iran. PLoS One (2010) 1.47
Validity of verbal autopsy for ascertaining the causes of stillbirth. Bull World Health Organ (2010) 1.04
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 56.72
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 41.47
Intensive blood glucose control and vascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes. N Engl J Med (2008) 38.76
Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5. Lancet (2010) 33.69
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 26.95
Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease. Lancet (2002) 24.47
Global malaria mortality between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis. Lancet (2012) 17.62
Global burden of disease attributable to mental and substance use disorders: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2013) 16.76
Counting the dead and what they died from: an assessment of the global status of cause of death data. Bull World Health Organ (2005) 15.50
Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: an updated systematic analysis. Lancet (2011) 14.16
Global epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection: new estimates of age-specific antibody to HCV seroprevalence. Hepatology (2013) 12.46
Neonatal, postneonatal, childhood, and under-5 mortality for 187 countries, 1970-2010: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4. Lancet (2010) 12.28
Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 11.32
Rapid blood-pressure lowering in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage. N Engl J Med (2013) 11.10
Estimates of global mortality attributable to smoking in 2000. Lancet (2003) 10.52
The state of US health, 1990-2010: burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors. JAMA (2013) 10.43
India's Janani Suraksha Yojana, a conditional cash transfer programme to increase births in health facilities: an impact evaluation. Lancet (2010) 9.90
Estimation of potential global pandemic influenza mortality on the basis of vital registry data from the 1918-20 pandemic: a quantitative analysis. Lancet (2006) 9.85
GBD 2010: design, definitions, and metrics. Lancet (2012) 8.64
Severe hypoglycemia and risks of vascular events and death. N Engl J Med (2010) 8.54
Healthy life expectancy for 187 countries, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 8.22
50-year trends in smoking-related mortality in the United States. N Engl J Med (2013) 7.80
Breast and cervical cancer in 187 countries between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis. Lancet (2011) 7.71
Rapid health transition in China, 1990-2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2013) 7.70
Age-specific and sex-specific mortality in 187 countries, 1970-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 7.62
Can we achieve Millennium Development Goal 4? New analysis of country trends and forecasts of under-5 mortality to 2015. Lancet (2007) 6.72
Causes of cancer in the world: comparative risk assessment of nine behavioural and environmental risk factors. Lancet (2005) 6.63
Effect of community-based behaviour change management on neonatal mortality in Shivgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2008) 6.58
Effects of fibrates on cardiovascular outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet (2010) 6.23
Blood pressure-lowering treatment based on cardiovascular risk: a meta-analysis of individual patient data. Lancet (2014) 6.23
Profits and pandemics: prevention of harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food and drink industries. Lancet (2013) 6.19
UK health performance: findings of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2013) 6.11
Late postnatal transmission of HIV-1 in breast-fed children: an individual patient data meta-analysis. J Infect Dis (2004) 5.93
Measuring the global burden of disease. N Engl J Med (2013) 5.84
Social inequalities in male mortality, and in male mortality from smoking: indirect estimation from national death rates in England and Wales, Poland, and North America. Lancet (2006) 5.70
Civil registration systems and vital statistics: successes and missed opportunities. Lancet (2007) 5.67
Chronic diseases now a leading cause of death in rural India--mortality data from the Andhra Pradesh Rural Health Initiative. Int J Epidemiol (2006) 5.60
Global burden of respiratory infections due to seasonal influenza in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet (2011) 5.43
Intensive blood pressure reduction in acute cerebral haemorrhage trial (INTERACT): a randomised pilot trial. Lancet Neurol (2008) 5.40
Increased educational attainment and its effect on child mortality in 175 countries between 1970 and 2009: a systematic analysis. Lancet (2010) 5.36
Estimates of global and regional potential health gains from reducing multiple major risk factors. Lancet (2003) 5.26
Measuring the burden of neglected tropical diseases: the global burden of disease framework. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2007) 4.87
Non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: what we know now. Int J Epidemiol (2011) 4.74
Effect of lowering blood pressure on cardiovascular events and mortality in patients on dialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Lancet (2009) 4.73
Rethinking the "diseases of affluence" paradigm: global patterns of nutritional risks in relation to economic development. PLoS Med (2005) 4.64
Albuminuria and kidney function independently predict cardiovascular and renal outcomes in diabetes. J Am Soc Nephrol (2009) 4.43
Monitoring global health: time for new solutions. BMJ (2004) 4.39
Validation of the symptom pattern method for analyzing verbal autopsy data. PLoS Med (2007) 4.35
Validation of verbal autopsy procedures for adult deaths in China. Int J Epidemiol (2005) 4.20
Effect of zinc supplementation on mortality in children aged 1-48 months: a community-based randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet (2007) 4.18
Prevention of cardiovascular disease in high-risk individuals in low-income and middle-income countries: health effects and costs. Lancet (2007) 4.15
Towards achievement of universal health care in India by 2020: a call to action. Lancet (2011) 4.07
Open letter to the leader of academic medicine. BMJ (2007) 4.06
Refractive error in children in a rural population in India. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2002) 4.04
A systematic analysis of global anemia burden from 1990 to 2010. Blood (2013) 3.94
Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years. N Engl J Med (2017) 3.90