Bangladesh, Ghana, South Africa, Vietnam - The evolving demographic and health transition in four low- and middle-income countries

Causes of death from the verbal autopsies for each site (using ICD-10 codes) are categorised into the following groups based on the Global Burden of Disease Study (16), with exceptions for important causes of death for two sites, which we include as a separate group:

· Matlab and Filabavi: Communicable diseases (including diarrhea, malaria, malnutrition, maternal, other infectious diseases, perinatal, respiratory, and HIV); non-communicable diseases (including cancer, cardiovascular, congenital, diabetes, epilepsy, female genital cancer, kidney, liver, and upper GI bleeds); and injuries (including accidental injuries, assault, other external causes, suicide, and transport-related).

· Agincourt: HIV/TB; other communicable diseases excluding HIV/TB (see above); non-communicable diseases (see above); and injuries (see above).

· Navrongo: Malaria; other communicable diseases excluding Malaria (see above); non-communicable diseases (see above); and injuries (see above).