Community Causes of Death in the Central Region of Ghana, the Missing Piece in Mortality Data

Table 1

Frequencies of underlying causes of death in the communities.

Underlying cause of death	Number	%
Accidents/injuries/poisoning	635	64.141
Others	151	15.252
Infections	97	9.798
Cardiovascular diseases	65	6.566
Malignancies	23	2.323
Pregnancy-related	15	1.515
Metabolic disorders	4	0.404
Total	990	100.00