Table 3 Causes of death from 2009 until 2018 in all children who died
WHO nutritional classification categories | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary cause of death | MAM (N = 79) | NAM (N = 301) | Obese (N = 19) | SAM (N = 285) | Overall (N = 684) | |
Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE) | 9 (11.5%) | 47 (15.8%) | 7 (36.8%) | 43 (15.3%) | 106 (15.7%) | p-value = 0.044 |
Lower Respiratory Tract Infections (LRTI) | 24 (30.8%) | 94 (31.6%) | 4 (21.1%) | 60 (21.4%) | 182 (27.0%) | |
Confirmed /Suspected Septicaemia (Sepsis) | 28 (35.9%) | 75 (25.3%) | 3 (15.8%) | 117 (41.6%) | 223 (33.0%) | |
Meningitis | 5 (6.4%) | 13 (4.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 12 (4.3%) | 30 (4.4%) | |
Cardiac failure | 4 (5.1%) | 23 (7.7%) | 3 (15.8%) | 15 (5.3%) | 45 (6.7%) | |
Neurological causes | 4 (5.1%) | 22 (7.4%) | 1 (5.3%) | 13 (4.6%) | 40 (5.9%) | |
Liver Failure /disease | 2 (2.6%) | 11 (3.7%) | 1 (5.3%) | 13 (4.6%) | 27 (4.0%) | |
Renal Failure /disease | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (1.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (1.1%) | 6 (0.9%) | |
Other causes | 2 (2.6%) | 9 (3.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (1.8%) | 16 (2.4%) | |