02188nas a2200313 4500000000100000008004100001260003400042653005700076653001700133653002400150653002100174100001300195700001500208700001200223700001300235700001400248700001200262700001500274700001300289700001200302700001300314700001700327700001100344700001400355700001200369245009700381520137100478022002501849 2020 d bOxford University Press (OUP) 10 aPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 aParasitology 10 aInfectious Diseases 10 aGeneral Medicine 1 aMasraf H 1 aAzemeraw T 1 aMolla M 1 aJones CI 1 aBremner S 1 aNgari M 1 aBerkley JA 1 aKivaya E 1 aFegan G 1 aTamiru A 1 aKelemework A 1 aLang T 1 aNewport M 1 aDavey G 00 aExcess mortality among people with podoconiosis: secondary analysis of two Ethiopian cohorts 3 aAbstract
Background
While morbidity attributable to podoconiosis is relatively well studied, its pattern of mortality has not been established.
Methods
We compared the age-standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) of two datasets from northern Ethiopia: podoconiosis patients enrolled in a 1-y trial and a Health and Demographic Surveillance System cohort.
Results
The annual crude mortality rate per 1000 population for podoconiosis patients was 28.7 (95% confidence interval [CI] 17.3 to 44.8; n=663) while that of the general population was 2.8 (95% CI 2.3 to 3.4; n=44 095). The overall SMR for the study period was 6.0 (95% CI 3.6 to 9.4).
Conclusions
Podoconiosis patients experience elevated mortality compared with the general population and further research is required to understand the reasons.
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