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]
1675
156,735
1992
Kenya [44]
891
280,000
2000
Kenya [45, 46]
Urban
5.5
88,974
2002
Malawi [47]
135
39,000
South Africa [48]
438
139,250
Uganda [49]
28
23,000
1989