Currently, in Vietnam, the majority of deaths occurred at home, the issuance of a death certificate, as well as determines the cause of death has not yet been fully implemented. So statistics on mortality data is incomplete and inaccuracy. Objective: To describe some factors related to mortality and mortality rate in 7 provinces with difference geographical characteristic. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Data was collected by interviewing method. WHO questionnaire was used with some modifies. Data were collected in 7 provinces in the different geographical areas. Results: The overall mortality rate was 3.8 percent in 7 provinces, including mortality in mountainous areas higher than in plateau region (p0.05). Death certificates were provided about 74 percent among death cases, however there were differences between regions, especially low in mountainous (52.6 percent), (p0.001). Majority of deaths occurred at home (78.6 percent), highest in mountainous areas (84 percent), (p0.01). Only 14 percent of deaths happened in health facilities. The medical treatment rate for last Illness episodes which related mortality was relatively low (40 percent). Conclusions: the findings provided further evidences of the lack of death information in communities. It should be interventions in the recording and reporting mortality data, especially in the mountainous areas.
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