Accident | Congenital | Epilepsy | Infection | Intoxication | Metabolic | Others | Unknown | Totals | |
Prior normal survivors | 3 (2.6%) | 3 (2.6%) | 12 (10.4%) | 36 (31.3%) | 20 (17.4%) | 11 (9.6%) | 6 (5.2%) | 24 (20.9%) | 115 (100%) |
Other survivors | 0 (0%) | 3 (8.3%) | 8 (22.2%) | 8 (22.2%) | 8 (22.2%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (13.9%) | 4 (11.1%) | 36 (100%) |
Died | 16 (12.6%) | 16 (12.6%) | 4 (3.2%) | 63 (49.6%) | 1 (0.8%) | 4 (3.2%) | 11 (8.7%) | 12 (9.4%) | 127 (100%) |
Totals | 19 (6.8%) | 22 (7.9%) | 24 (8.6%) | 107 (38.5%) | 29 (10.4%) | 15 (5.4%) | 22 (7.9%) | 40 (14.4%) | 278 (100%) |
Distribution of aetiologies among “prior normal” group compared to remainder of study cohort: other survivors and deaths. Table cells show numbers with row percentages in brackets. See text.