[Morbidity and mortality in a pediatric department in Dakar].
The authors study, for the year 1983, the morbidity and the mortality in a pediatrics department in Dakar. Despite the fact that the patients admitted belong to a privileged group of the senegalese population, the mortality rate is high (17%), mainly during the neonatal period (51.5%), and within the age group of 1 to 23 months (21%). Seasonal influence is obvious. Admissions and deaths are significantly more numerous from june to december. The diseases of concern are still diarrhea, malnutrition and respiratory diseases.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D012675:Senegal; D012737:Sex Factors; D014505:Urban Population
Etude de la morbidité et de la mortalité dans un service de pédiatrie à Dakar.