Figure 1. Population pyramid, Filabavi HDSS, 2011

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Hanoi Brief Introduction Bavi is one of 29 districts in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is located between latitudes 21.0084 and 21.3176 North and longitudes 105.2873 and 105.4729 East in the Red River Delta.

The District consists of 32 communes, with an average of 532 m2 used for agriculture per capita.

with generally lower temperatures but hot, dry winds for about two months before the rains.

1 Hanoi Brief Introduction Bavi is one of 29 districts in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is located between latitudes and North and longitudes and East in the Red River Delta. The District covers 424 km2, including lowland, highland, and mountainous areas, and ranges in altitude from 20 to 1297 metres above sea level. The District consists of 32 communes, with an average of 532 m2 used for agriculture per capita. The climate is typical of northern Vietnam, with a monsoon tropical climate: a wet season from June to October with high temperatures, heavy rainfall and storms, and a dry season from November to May with generally lower temperatures but hot, dry winds for about two months before the rains. The District contains approximately 265,000 people, belonging to the Kinh ethnic group (91%), with Muong (8%) and minority of Dao. Children under one year of age comprise 1.5% of the overall population, children under 5 years of age 7.9%, and women aged 15 to 49 years 27.1%. Most of the Vietnamese practice indigenous religions, worshiping local spirits, gods and mother goddesses. The main language spoken is Viet. Illiteracy is low, at only 0.4% of the adult population (> 15 years of age). Some 69% of the adult population have completed primary school, 21% secondary level, 9% high school and 0.5% higher education. Illiteracy varies between communes, but ranges only to 1.1%. Agricultural production and livestock breeding are the main economic activities (81%), with major products being wet rice, cassava, corn, soybean, green beans and some fruits, such as pineapple, mandarin, and papaya. Other economic activities are forestry (8%>), handicraft (6%),

2 small trade (3%), fishing (1%), and transport (1%o). The average income was 290 kg rice per person per year (about D600,000 [Vietnamese dong] or US$40), with a range of 459 kg to 190 kg between communes. Figure 1. Population pyramid, Filabavi HDSS, 2011 Demographic Characteristics (2011) Crude Birth Rate (CBR) 18.2 per 1000 population Total Fertility Rate (TFR) 2.2 per woman Crude Death Rate (CDR) 6.5 per 1000 population Neonatal Mortality 5.2 per 1000 live births Post-neonatal Mortality 3.1 per 1000 live births Infant Mortality 8.4 per 1000 live births Child Mortality (1-4 years) 0.0 per 1000 children aged 1-4 years Rate of Natural Increase 11.6 per 1000 population In-Migration 30.1 per 1000 population Out-Migration 35.5 per 1000 population Growth 6.2 per 100 population Population under surveillance 51,000 population Objectives Generate basic health data; Supply information for health planning;

3 Serve as a background and sampling frame for specific studies, especially intervention studies; and Constitute a setting for epidemiological training of research students. Priority Research Areas Equity in Health and Health Care Adult health Non-communicable Diseases and Injury Reproductive and Child Health Drug use Health care financing Funders: Sida/SAREC INDEPTH Collaborators: IHCAR, Karolinska, Umea University, Nordic School of Public Health, The University of Gothenburg, Sweden, INDEPTH Network Key Publications 1. Nguyen TM Thoa, Nguyen Xuan Thanh, Nguyen TK Chuc and Lars Lindholm (2013). The impact of economic growth on health care utilization: a longitudinal study in rural Vietnam. International Journal for Equity in Health.2013, 12: Thu HN, Eriksson B, Khanh TT, Petzold M, Bondjers G, Kim NC, et al. Breastfeeding practices in urban and rural Vietnam. BMC Public Health. 2012;12:964

4 3. Toan K Tran, Chuc TK Nguyen, Hinh D Nguyen, Bo Eriksson. Goran Bondjers, Karin Gottvall, Herry Ascher and Max Petzild. Urban-rural disparities in anternatal care utilisation: a study of two cohorts of pregnant women in Vietnam. BMC Health Services Research : Hoa NQ, Trung NV, Larsson M, Eriksson B, Phuc HD, Chuc NTK, Stålsby Lundborg C. Decreased Streptococcus pneumoniae susceptibility to oral antibiotics among children in rural Vietnam A community study. BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10: Granlund D, Chuc NT, Phuc HD, Lindholm L. Inequality in mortality in Vietnam during a period of rapid transition. Soc Sci Med Jan;70(2): Epub 2009 Oct 30.PMID: Lan PT, Mogren I, Lundborg CS, Phuc HD, Chuc NTK. Lack of knowledge about sexually transmitted infections among women in rural Vietnam. BMC Infectious Diseases 2009;9:85. Highly accessed. 7. Hoang Van Minh, Dao Lan Huong, Stig Wall, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc, Peter Byass. Multilevel analysis of covariation in socioeconomic predictors of physical functioning and psychological well-being among older people in rural Vietnam. BMC Geriatrics 2010, 10:7 8. Curt Lofgren, Nguyen Xuan Thanh, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc, Anders Emmelin and Lars Lindholm. People s willingness to pay for health insurance in rural Vietnam. Cost Effectiveness and Resource allocation 2008, 6:16 9. Lan PT, Lundborg CS, Phuc HD, Sihavong A, Unemo M, Chuc NTK, Mogren I. Reproductive tract infections including sexually transmitted infections: a population-based study of women of reproductive age in a rural district of Vietnam. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2008;84: NTK Chuc, VK Diwan Filabavi, a demographic surveillance site, an epidemiological field laboratory in Vietnam. Scan J Public Health. 30 (Suppl 62): 1-5.

5 An interviewer updating health and demographic information from household

6 The side leader joining a weekly group meeting with interviewers and supervisor

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