| dc.contributor.author | Mirza, N M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Macharia, W M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wafula, E M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Agwanda, R | |
| dc.contributor.author | Onyango, F E | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-25T12:29:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-25T12:29:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1990 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | East Afr Med J. 1990 Nov;67(11):823-9 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/16813 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2076684 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Causes of death of 239 children below the age of 5 years in a rural community were determined using structured questionnaires. It was found that mortality was highest in infancy, accounting for 63% of all deaths with a trend of decreasing mortality with increasing age. The commonest cause of death was ARI (pneumonia and measles) accounting for 49% of the deaths, followed by diarrhoear illnesses (8.8%). Only half of the deaths (51.5%) occurred at some health facility, though 77% of all children had been taken to a health facility for treatment during the fatal illness. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.title | Mortality patterns in a rural Kenyan community. | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Paediatrics, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi. | en |
