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Table 1 Key features of HDSS sites

From: The ethical implications of verbal autopsy: responding to emotional and moral distress

Host country

Site urbanicity

Size of site (km2)

Population size (approx.)

HDSS inception Year

Ghana [42]

Rural

7162

140,000

2003

Ghana [43]

Rural

1675

156,735

1992

Kenya [44]

Rural

891

280,000

2000

Kenya [45, 46]

Urban

5.5

88,974

2002

Malawi [47]

Rural

135

39,000

2002

South Africa [48]

Rural

438

139,250

2000

Uganda [49]

Rural

28

23,000

1989