title: Paediatric deaths in Kuala Lumpur.
abstract: The main aim of this study was to determine the causes and epidemiological aspects of paediatric death. Data was collected on 143 cases of paediatric death from a total of 2,895 autopsies performed in University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur, over a five-year period from 2000 to 2004. There were 78 males and 65 females. The largest number of cases (32.9%) were stillborn. The highest proportion of cases (30.1%) were Chinese. The majority of cases of paediatric death were non-traumatic (74.8%) of which intrauterine death (IUD) was the most common (32.9%). Amongst the traumatic deaths (25.2%), accidental injury (23.8%) was observed in the majority of cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Forensic Unit, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 50603. Drvkr_2001@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Virendra
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Ismail Bin
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Jumali
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000401:mortality; D001344:Autopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D046688:Child Mortality; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000453:epidemiology; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000401:mortality