title: Causes of Death among Children Aged >5 Years in a Public Hospital in New Delhi.
abstract: Retrospective analysis was done for 3817 children aged 5-12 years admitted in a tertiary-care, public hospital in New Delhi between January to December, 2015. Mortality rate was 5.8%. About 47.1% deaths were due to central nervous system involvement; viral meningoencephalitis being the predominant cause. Overall, infectious diseases caused >80% of deaths. Public health interventions to reduce child mortality need to review such data for effective measures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. manas_proy@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Manas Pratim
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Ratan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Meenakshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.forename: Kailash Chander
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D046688:Child Mortality; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies