Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of mortality in rural Birbhum, West Bengal, India: a sex-stratified analysis of verbal autopsies from a prospective cohort, 2012-2017.

Rajesh Kumar RaiAnamitra BarikSaibal MazumdarKajal ChatterjeeYogeshwar V KalkondePrashant MathurAbhijit ChowdhuryWafaie W Fawzi

Published in: BMJ open (2020)

NCDs are the leading cause of death among adults in a select population of rural Birbhum, India. Health programmes for rural India should prioritise plans to mitigate deaths due to NCDs.

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