title: Mortality figures in a rural hospital.
abstract: The causes of death in a rural hospital in Bophuthatswana were recorded in 1983, 1984 and 1985. Several preventable conditions were found to be the most common causes of death in adults and in children.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D009026:Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D013019:South Africa