Table 3 Different causes of deaths among under-five children according to the different groups
From: Geospatial distribution of under-five mortality in Alexandria, Egypt: a cross-sectional survey
Cause of death | Neonates (< 29 days) | Post-neonates (29 days–< 1 year)) | Children (1–4 years) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
no | % | no | % | no | % | |
Prematurity | 693 | 40.36 | 135 | 14.84 | - | - |
Pneumonia | 143 | 8.33 | 135 | 14.84 | 44 | 14.81 |
Cardiac arrest | 164 | 9.55 | 122 | 13.41 | 23 | 7.74 |
Congenital malformations | 192 | 11.18 | 83 | 9.12 | 16 | 5.39 |
Childhood cardiovascular diseases | 137 | 7.98 | 112 | 12.31 | 20 | 6.73 |
Others | 100 | 5.82 | 115 | 12.64 | 48 | 16.16 |
Septic shock | 140 | 8.15 | 68 | 7.47 | 21 | 7.07 |
Respiratory failure | 83 | 4.83 | 51 | 5.60 | 6 | 2.02 |
Accident/Burn/Drowning/Fall/Suffocation | 2 | 0.12 | 8 | 0.88 | 62 | 20.88 |
Diarrhea/Dysentery | 4 | 0.23 | 33 | 3.63 | 11 | 3.70 |
Cerebral palsy | 9 | 0.52 | 9 | 0.99 | 23 | 7.74 |
Asphyxia | 28 | 1.63 | 8 | 0.88 | 1 | 0.34 |
Childhood cancer | 2 | 0.12 | 11 | 1.21 | 14 | 4.71 |
Intestinal obstruction | 11 | 0.64 | 15 | 1.65 | 1 | 0.34 |
Stroke | 9 | 0.52 | 5 | 0.55 | 7 | 2.36 |