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CAMBODIA DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY 2005 (CDHS 2005)

Table : Infant and child deaths diagnosed by a health worker


                                                                     Percent distribution of deaths among infants and young children born since January 2002 by whether a diagnosis was made
                                                                    by a health worker, according to cause of death reported by the mother, Cambodia 2005

Cause of death reported by mother

Diagnosis by a health worker

Total

 Number of death1 among infant and young children born since January 2002
Yes No Don't know/missing
  Premature 30.2 64.1 5.7 100.0 20
  Fever 18.0 79.3 2.7 100.0 17
  Dengue hemorrhagic 
  fever		 76.1 23.9 0.0 100.0 13
  Tetanus 49.0 46.0 5.0 100.0 8
  Tetanus type of 
  convulsion		 22.5 77.5 0.0 100.0 9
  Convulsion 38.6 61.4 0.0 100.0 3
  Disease of respiratory 
  system 		72.3 27.7 0.0 100.0 17
  Diarrhea 25.8 74.2 0.0 100.0 6
  Birth defect 35.3 64.7 0.0 100.0 3
  Refused breast milk 0.0 65.6 34.4 100.0 6
  Typhoid fever 89.9 10.1 0.0 100.0 3
  Malaria 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 2
  Meningitis 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 5
  Heart disease 56.1 43.9 0.0 100.0 3
  Abdominal distension 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 3
  Swelling 62.9 0.0 37.1 100.0 1
  Pale 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 1
  Constipation 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 1
  Fever/convulsion 0.0 79.5 20.5 100.0 1
  Fever/diarrhea 23.9 76.1 0.0 100.0 3
  Pulmonary 
  TB/meningitis		 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 1
  Fever/diarrhea/vomiting 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 2
  liver disease 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 1
  Cold illness 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 1
  Problem of delivery 60.6 39.4 0.0 100.0 8
  Syncope 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 1
  Cholera 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 1
  Diphtheria 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 1
  Baby's hand with 
  pustules like burn,
  erupted and die 		0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 1
  Vomiting 76.8 23.2 0.0 100.0 4
  Throat infection 31.0 69.0 0.0 100.0 4
  Crying too long 49.7 43.3 7.1 100.0 5
  Died immediately after
  birth		 44.1 24.9 31.0 100.0 1
  Poeus 63.3 36.7 0.0 100.0 4
  Cursed by spirits 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 1
  Don't know 0.0 44.0 56.0 100.0 19
Total 38.1 53.1 8.9 100.0 180

                                                                                                1 Excludes deaths due to accident.

 

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