Paediatric deaths in Kuala Lumpur.
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.
Kumar
Virendra
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Department of Pathology, Forensic Unit, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 50603. Drvkr_2001@yahoo.com
Jumali
Ismail Bin
IB
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