Bangladesh, Ghana, South Africa, Vietnam - The evolving demographic and health transition in four low- and middle-income countries

Start	End	Cycle
1987-01-01	2009-12-31	N/A

Start	End	Cycle
1987-01-01		Matlab, Bangladesh
1994-01-01		Agincourt, South Africa
1995-01-01		Navrongo, Ghana
1999-01-01		Filabavi, Vietnam

Face-to-face [f2f]
The Matlab HDSS site is situated in Matlab Upazila (sub-district) under Chandpur District in Bangladesh, about 55 km southeast of the capital, Dhaka. Established in 1966, fieldworkers visit each household every two months to update vital events. The current total population is about 225,000 people in 142 villages. Cause of death information is not available as recently as general mortality indicators for the other three HDSSs due to delays in physician review of the verbal autopsy interviews. For Matlab, data are available for all-cause and cause-specific mortality from 1987-2006.

The Agincourt HDSS is located in the Agincourt area of the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. Established in 1992, fieldworkers visit each household yearly to update vital events - with a current total population of 87,040 people living in 14,382 households and 26 villages. For Agincourt, data are available for all-cause mortality from 1994-2009, and for cause-specific mortality from 1994-2004.

The Navrongo HDSS covers the entire Kassena-Nankana and Kassena-Nankana West districts (formerly one district) of the Upper East region of Ghana. Since 1993 fieldworkers visit each household quarterly to update vital events - with a current total population of 152,000; over a third of which is below fifteen years of age. For Navrongo, data are available for all-cause mortality from 1995-2007, and for cause-specific mortality from 1995-2004.

The Filabavi HDSS is situated in Bavi district, a rural district of Hanoi Province in northern Viet Nam. Established in 1999, follow-up household surveys occur every three months to update vital events - the current total population is 52,000 in 11,089 households. For Filabavi, data are available for all-cause mortality from 1999-2007, and for cause-specific mortality from 2004-2007.