Zambia National Public Health Institute · Surveillance & Disease Intelligence
Zambia National Public Health Institute Verbal Autopsy CMS
Demonstration site. All mortality figures shown here are synthetic sample data generated for design review — they are not real verbal autopsy records.
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Verbal autopsies recorded

All interviews held in the national VA database

0%
Cause of death assigned

0 records through the full coding pipeline

0
Districts reporting

Sentinel and routine sites submitting data

-days
Mean turnaround

Death notification to assigned cause

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Recorded this year

Deaths occurring in 2026

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Verbal autopsies over time

Interviews completed and causes assigned, by month of death

  • Interviews completed
  • Cause assigned

Coding lags interview completion by roughly one reporting cycle.

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Verbal autopsies over time — Interviews completed and causes assigned, by month of death
Category Interviews completedCause assigned

Leading causes of death

Top 0 assigned causes across all reporting districts

Causes follow the WHO 2022 verbal autopsy cause list.

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Leading causes of death — Top 0 assigned causes across all reporting districts
Category Deaths

Broad cause-of-death groups

Share of assigned causes by WHO mortality group

A persistent communicable share alongside a rising NCD burden.

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Broad cause-of-death groups — Share of assigned causes by WHO mortality group
Category Deaths

Deaths by age band and sex

All recorded verbal autopsies

  • Female
  • Male

Age bands follow the WHO VA instrument.

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Deaths by age band and sex — All recorded verbal autopsies
Category FemaleMale
Neonate (0-27 days) 00
Infant (28 days-11 months) 00
Child (1-4 years) 00
Older child (5-14 years) 00
Adult (15-49 years) 00
Older adult (50-64 years) 00
Elderly (65+ years) 00

Records by province

Verbal autopsies submitted from each province

Volume reflects mortality and site coverage - it is not a death rate.

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Records by province — Verbal autopsies submitted from each province
Category Records

Place of death

Where the death occurred, as reported by the respondent

Community deaths are the population verbal autopsy exists to capture.

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Place of death — Where the death occurred, as reported by the respondent
Category Deaths

Records by processing stage

Where each interview sits in the review and coding workflow

  • Draft
  • Submitted
  • Reviewed
  • Cause assigned
  • Queried

Stages are ordered, so colour darkens along the workflow.

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Records by processing stage — Where each interview sits in the review and coding workflow
Category Records
Draft 0
Submitted 0
Reviewed 0
Cause assigned 0
Queried 0

Cause assignment method

Algorithm or physician review used to assign the cause

InterVA-5 is the national default; physician review handles queries.

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Cause assignment method — Algorithm or physician review used to assign the cause
Category Records

Turnaround time

Mean days from death notification to assigned cause, by quarter

The national target is 45 days from notification to assigned cause.

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Turnaround time — Mean days from death notification to assigned cause, by quarter
Category Mean days

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