A Review of the causes of death in adult medical wards of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	POBEE, J O M	-
dc.date.accessioned	2024-10-07T09:32:17Z	-
dc.date.available	2024-10-07T09:32:17Z	-
dc.date.issued	1976	-
dc.identifier.citation	Afr. J. med. med. Sci. (1976)5, 79-85	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1116-4077	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/3004	-
dc.description	ARTICLE	en_US
dc.description.abstract	A review of 462 deaths occurring in a 1-year period from adult medical wards at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is undertaken. Males are found to outnumber females in the ratio of 2:1. The 25-44 and the 45-64 age groups are found to contain the highest incidence of death. The three main causes of death are found to be strokes, heart diseases and liver diseases. Predisposing factors are discussed. Delay in seeking medical help is thought to contribute in some measure to the overall mortality rate	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	COLLEGE OF MEDICINE,UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	en_US
dc.subject	heart	en_US
dc.subject	diseases	en_US
dc.subject	liver	en_US
dc.subject	predisposing	en_US
dc.subject	mortality	en_US
dc.title	A Review of the causes of death in adult medical wards of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
Appears in Collections:	African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences

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