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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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