| Global Burden of Disease 2000: Version 2 methods and results CD Mathers, C Stein, D Ma Fat, C Rao, M Inoue, N Tomijima, C Bernard, ... Geneva: World Health Organization, 2002 | 2187* | 2002 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: current burden and future projections AD Lopez, K Shibuya, C Rao, CD Mathers, AL Hansell, LS Held, ... European Respiratory Journal 27 (2), 397-412, 2006 | 1820 | 2006 |
| Counting the dead and what they died from: an assessment of the global status of cause of death data CD Mathers, D Ma Fat, M Inoue, C Rao, AD Lopez Bulletin of the world health organization 83, 171-177c, 2005 | 1470 | 2005 |
| Civil registration systems and vital statistics: successes and missed opportunities P Mahapatra, K Shibuya, AD Lopez, F Coullare, FC Notzon, C Rao, ... The Lancet 370 (9599), 1653-1663, 2007 | 409 | 2007 |
| Mortality registration and surveillance in China: history, current situation and challenges G Yang, J Hu, KQ Rao, J Ma, C Rao, AD Lopez Population health metrics 3 (1), 1-9, 2005 | 297 | 2005 |
| Validation of verbal autopsy procedures for adult deaths in China G Yang, C Rao, J Ma, L Wang, X Wan, G Dubrovsky, AD Lopez International journal of epidemiology 35 (3), 741-748, 2006 | 202 | 2006 |
| Sample registration of vital events with verbal autopsy: a renewed commitment to measuring and monitoring vital statistics PW Setel, O Sankoh, C Rao, VA Velkoff, C Mathers, Y Gonghuan, ... Bulletin of the World Health Organization 83, 611-617, 2005 | 199 | 2005 |
| Evaluation of cause-of-death statistics for Brazil, 2002–2004 E França, DX de Abreu, C Rao, AD Lopez International journal of epidemiology 37 (4), 891-901, 2008 | 170 | 2008 |
| Interim measures for meeting needs for health sector data: births, deaths, and causes of death K Hill, AD Lopez, K Shibuya, P Jha, C AbouZahr, RN Anderson, ... Lancet Publishing Group, 2007 | 165 | 2007 |
| Estimated causes of death in Thailand, 2005: implications for health policy Y Porapakkham, C Rao, J Pattaraarchachai, W Polprasert, T Vos, T Adair, ... Population Health Metrics 8 (1), 1-11, 2010 | 157 | 2010 |
| Setting international standards for verbal autopsy F Baiden, A Bawah, S Biai, F Binka, T Boerma, P Byass, ... Bulletin of the World Health Organization 85, 570-571, 2007 | 157 | 2007 |
| Evaluating national cause-of-death statistics: principles and application to the case of China C Rao, AD Lopez, G Yang, S Begg, J Ma Bulletin of the World Health Organization 83, 618-625, 2005 | 154 | 2005 |
| Validation of cause-of-death statistics in urban China C Rao, G Yang, J Hu, J Ma, W Xia, AD Lopez International Journal of Epidemiology 36 (3), 642-651, 2007 | 115 | 2007 |
| Core verbal autopsy procedures with comparative validation results from two countries PW Setel, C Rao, Y Hemed, DR Whiting, G Yang, D Chandramohan, ... PLoS medicine 3 (8), e268, 2006 | 104 | 2006 |
| Impact of misclassification on measures of cardiovascular disease mortality in the Islamic Republic of Iran: a cross-sectional study A Khosravi, C Rao, M Naghavi, R Taylor, N Jafari, AD Lopez Bulletin of the World Health Organization 86, 688-696, 2008 | 97 | 2008 |
| Cause-specific mortality patterns among hospital deaths in Thailand: validating routine death certification J Pattaraarchachai, C Rao, W Polprasert, Y Porapakkham, W Pao-In, ... Population health metrics 8 (1), 1-12, 2010 | 92 | 2010 |
| Verifying causes of death in Thailand: rationale and methods for empirical investigation C Rao, Y Porapakkham, J Pattaraarchachai, W Polprasert, ... Population health metrics 8 (1), 1-13, 2010 | 92 | 2010 |
| Deaths and disease burden by cause: global burden of disease estimates for 2001 by World Bank Country Groups CD Mathers, A Lopez, C Stein, D Ma Fat, C Rao, M Inoue, K Shibuya, ... Disease Control Priorities Project Working Paper 18, 2005 | 91 | 2005 |
| Cause-of-death ascertainment for deaths that occur outside hospitals in Thailand: application of verbal autopsy methods W Polprasert, C Rao, T Adair, J Pattaraarchachai, Y Porapakkham, ... Population Health Metrics 8 (1), 1-15, 2010 | 85 | 2010 |
| Road traffic related mortality in Vietnam: evidence for policy from a national sample mortality surveillance system AD Ngo, C Rao, NP Hoa, DG Hoy, KTQ Trang, PS Hill BMC public health 12 (1), 1-9, 2012 | 79 | 2012 |
