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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 25(4), 1976, pp. 637-643
Copyright © 1976 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Autopsy Analysis of Disease Frequency in Kinshasa, Republic of Zaire*

Jerome H. Smith, John R. Dyck AND Daniel H. Connor
Departments of Pathology, Institute Medicine Tropical (Hospital Mama Yemo; FOMECO), Kinshasa, Zaire, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona 85723, and Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407, and Geographic Pathology Division, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D. C. 20305

Between July 1973 and December 1974, 304 autopsies were done at Hopital Mama Yemo, Kinshasa, Republic of Zaire. The causes of death and sudden death were tabulated and analyzed. The frequency of various diseases and groups of diseases among all the individuals and a large subset of individuals who died traumatically are tabulated and discussed. The present report is the most quantitative, albeit only, current estimate of mortality and prevalence of diseases in Zaire.

Accepted for publication January 17, 1976.


* Supported by the Fonds Medical du Coordination (FOMECO) of the Republique du Zaire.

Address reprint requests to: Jerome H. Smith, M.D., Veterans Administration Hospital, Tucson, Arizona 85723.






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