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Causes of mortality in children 1-59 Months in Yemen
Other Title(s)
أسباب الوفيات عند الأطفال 1-59 شهرا في اليمن
Joint Authors
Bamatraf, Fawziyah Faraj
Bin Karum, Nur Abd al-Aziz
Jawas, Mazin Ahmad Ali
Source
Hadhramout University Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences
Issue
Vol. 14, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.145-151, 7 p.
Publisher
Hadhramout University Deanship of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Yemen
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Child mortality is a sensitive indicator of a country’s development and telling evidence of its priorities and values.
The study aimed to determine the common causes of death among children under 5 years of age who admitted and died in Al-Mukalla public hospitals , Yemen.
This was a retrospective study.
The files of all children aged 1-59 months who admitted into the pediatric wards at Mukalla City Hospital and University Hospital for Gynecology , Obstetric and pediatric and died during the study period from the 1st of January 2011 to the 31st of December 2014 were reviewed.
Out of 5859 admissions on children under 5 years of age, 898 deaths (15.3%) were recorded.
More than (92.3%) of child deaths occurred in the age group 1 to 11-month, the majority (60.2%) of the dead children were boys.
The majority (75%) of deceased children were residents in Hadhramout governorate (coast and Al-Wadi) followed by Shabwah governorate (20.0%).
Most of the deaths occurred in the year 2014.
The study showed that, the most common causes of mortality were the prematurity (35.6%), followed by infectious and respiratory diseases (21.6% and 19.6%) respectively.
It was concluded that, the child mortality rate in the current study is high when compared to other regions in Yemen and in developing countries.
Differences were also found between causes of death in Yemen and elsewhere.
An urgent need to introduce health interventions to improve essential childhood care
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bamatraf, Fawziyah Faraj& Bin Karum, Nur Abd al-Aziz& Jawas, Mazin Ahmad Ali. 2017. Causes of mortality in children 1-59 Months in Yemen. Hadhramout University Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences،Vol. 14, no. 2, pp.145-151.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1012792
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bamatraf, Fawziyah Faraj…[et al.]. Causes of mortality in children 1-59 Months in Yemen. Hadhramout University Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences Vol. 14, no. 2 (Dec. 2017), pp.145-151.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1012792
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bamatraf, Fawziyah Faraj& Bin Karum, Nur Abd al-Aziz& Jawas, Mazin Ahmad Ali. Causes of mortality in children 1-59 Months in Yemen. Hadhramout University Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences. 2017. Vol. 14, no. 2, pp.145-151.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1012792
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 150
Record ID
BIM-1012792