Table 1 Characteristic of children died in Xinhua Hospital during 2006–2015
Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
Age, mean (range) | 34mo (1-144mo) |
Infants, No. (%) | 214 (42) |
Toddler, No. (%) | 180 (35.3) |
Older children, No. (%) | 116 (22.7) |
Gender, No. (%) | |
Male | 308 (60.4) |
Female | 202 (39.6) |
Immediate cause of death, No. (%) | |
Infectious diseases | 311 (60.9) |
Pneumonia | 187 (36.7) |
Sepsis | 69 (13.5) |
CNS infection | 39 (7.6) |
Diarrhoea | 16 (3.1) |
Non infectious diseases | 192 (37.7) |
Non traumatic intracranial/gastrointestinal hemorrhage | 54 (10.6) |
Cardiac shock | 49 (9.6) |
Tumour | 58 (11.4) |
Accident | 31 (6.1) |
Other | 7 (1.4) |
With chronic underlying diseases, No. (%) | 391 (76.7) |
Congenital abnormalities | 205 (40.2) |
Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune diseases | 54 (10.6) |
Tumour | 125 (24.5) |