title: Deaths at home and in hospital in Zimbabwe.
abstract: A prospective study was done of children less than 13 years of age, who died at home or on their way to hospital and those who died in hospital, over a one year period. Fifty seven (86%) of the 66 children who were dead on arrival and 94 (77%) of the 122 children who died after admission were 2 years old or less. The main causes of death in both groups were identical and infections were the most frequent diagnosis. AIDS was the most common cause with 23 (35%) of the deaths in the children who were dead on arrival and 27 (22%) of the deaths in the children who died after admission. An overall positive HIV-I serology was found in 31 (47%) of the children in the dead on arrival group and in 50 (41%) of the children in the group that died after admission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, United Bulawayo Hospitals, Zimbabwe.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Ikeogu
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000401:mortality; D000367:Age Factors; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000401:mortality; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015030:Zimbabwe / Q000453:epidemiology