China Disease Surveillance Points 1991

The Disease Surveillance Points (DSP) 1991 contains mortality and morbidity data for China. The data are broken down by age, sex, and cause of death (with ICD-9 codes), and the tabulations are also divided into urban and rural categories. Surveillance occured at 145 voluntary sites in urban and rural areas. In 1991, the DSP covered a population of 8,776,938 people (excluding 25 sites where data were unreliable). In total, 52,763 deaths were reported. The adjusted death rate was 620.88 per 100,000 people.