Primary diagnosis of admitted infants and case fatality rates
| Number of cases (% of age group) | Deaths (case fatality) | |
|---|---|---|
| *Two deaths from anaemia, one from congenital hepatitis, one small for gestational age, two diagnosis unknown. †Two deaths from congenital abnormalities. | ||
| ‡One death attributed to severe malnutrition. | ||
| §Two deaths were in very low weight infants, one from an encephalopathic illness with a normal CSF. | ||
| Age 0–7 days (n=432) | ||
| Neonatal sepsis | 130 (30%) | 33 (25%) |
| Prematurity | 90 (20%) | 47 (52%) |
| Neonatal jaundice | 75 (17%) | 18 (24%) |
| Birth asphyxia | 39 (9%) | 17 (44%) |
| Neonatal tetanus | 24 (6%) | 20 (83%) |
| Clinically apparent congenital abnormalities | 19 (4%) | 3 (16%) |
| Respiratory distress/transient tachypnoea | 8 (2%) | 0 |
| Neonatal meningitis | 5 (1%) | 3 (60%) |
| Other | 42 (10%) | 6* (14%) |
| Age 8–30 days (n=260) | ||
| Severe infection/pneumonia | 157 (60%) | 10 (6%) |
| Neonatal tetanus | 17 (7%) | 8 (47%) |
| Neonatal jaundice | 12 (5%) | 1 (8%) |
| Prematurity/very low weight | 12 (5%) | 3 (25%) |
| Meningitis | 10 (4%) | 1 (10%) |
| Other | 52 (20%) | 2† (4%) |
| Age 31–60 days (n=186) | ||
| Pneumonia | 100 (54%) | 1 (1%) |
| Severe infection | 22 (12%) | 3 (14%) |
| Meningitis | 10 (5%) | 0 |
| Other | 55 (30%) | 1‡ (4%) |
| Age 61–90 days (n=202) | ||
| Pneumonia | 106 (53%) | 4 (4%) |
| Malaria | 28 (14%) | 3 (11%) |
| Gastroenteritis | 20 (10%) | 1 (5%) |
| Meningitis | 6 (3%) | 1 (17%) |
| Other | 42 (21%) | 3§ (7%) |