title: Patterns of disease in Black and Indian children in Natal.
abstract: A statistical study of all admissions to the paediatric unit at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, during a 16-year period indicates the disease pattern encountered, and emphasizes the prevalence of preventable diseases, largely the result of malnutrition and infection, which leads to a high mortality, especially in the very young.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D044383:Black People; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D013019:South Africa; D013590:Syphilis, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology