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A A Asindi1, E O Ibia, J J Udo.
Abstract
A study of paediatric deaths in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria during a 4-year period (January 1984-December 1987) showed an overall mortality of 80 per 1000 paediatric admissions. A majority (47%) of the deaths were the newborn with a decline (7%) in children aged 61 months to 14 years. Major causes of death were tetanus, low birthweight and birth asphyxia in the newborn; malnutrition, pneumonia and measles in the pre-school age, and anaemia in the older children. Neonatal tetanus and malnutrition played a leading role in the overall mortality.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Distribution; Age Factors; Causes Of Death; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; English Speaking Africa; Incidence; Infant Mortality; Infections; Malnutrition; Measurement; Morbidity; Mortality; Neonatal Mortality; Nigeria; Nutrition Disorders; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Sex Distribution; Sex Factors; Studies; Surveys; Tetanus; Western Africa
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Year: 1991 PMID： 2051519
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Trop Med Hyg ISSN： 0022-5304