Death rates from 5 traditional authorities projected to estimate averted deaths in the entire Thyolo district, Malawi.

TAs, Traditional authorities; CI, Confidence Interval.a. Death rate from registered deaths at traditional authorities in 5 TAs.b. Number of deaths extrapolated by year for the entire Thyolo District assuming the same rates of death per year as in the 5 TAs.c. Number of projected deaths assuming a death rate of 10,9 (95% CI:10.4–11.2)/1000/year that was observed in 2000 in the 5 TAs.