SURVEY AND MAPPING OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF CHILDHOOD MORTALITY IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY HOSPITALS
| Autor: | Olanrewaju T. Adedoyin, Francisca O. Nwaokorie, AU Eneh, Stella I. Smith, Nma Jiya, Adeniyi K. Adeneye, Stephen Oguche, Adebiyi O. Olowu, E O Iroha, J Yisau, Muinah A Fowora, E. A. Omonigbehin, Zaidat A. Musa, M. A. N. Adeboye, M A Adedeji, Innocent A. O. Ujah, Ajoke O Adagbada, Mustapha Bello, Nkiru A. David, Solayide A. Adesida, Ngozi S Ibeziako, Moses Bamidele |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Asphyxia
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Respiratory tract infections Neonatal sepsis business.industry Birth weight Psychological intervention 030206 dentistry medicine.disease Stratified sampling 03 medical and health sciences Low birth weight 0302 clinical medicine medicine 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom business Malaria |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Child Health. :281-285 |
| ISSN: | 2349-6126 2349-6118 |
| Popis: | Background: Despite the modest gains made under the millennium development goals, indices of child health for Nigeria remain poor. Improvement on these indices requires mitigating the causes of childhood mortality. Objective: We undertook this study to determine the leading cause(s) of childhood mortality in Nigeria from 2005 to 2009. Methods: Using stratified random sampling techniques, data on demographics and cause(s) of death of under-five children, who had died between 2005 and 2009, were collected from the patients’ records of seven teaching hospitals. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 20.0. Results: The leading causes of childhood mortality from this survey were neonatal sepsis (30.1%), asphyxia (27.2%), preterm complications (25.8%), and acute respiratory illness (15.3%). Analysis of causes of death by geopolitical zones did not indicate any definite pattern, although the North-Central and South-West had the highest deaths due to respiratory tract infections. The highest death records from human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome came from North-East. In addition, Lagos in South-West was the most likely to have recorded death due to malaria (p |
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