Table 3.
Decline in postneonatal mortality by cause between the two ECCD surveys, Morocco, 1987-1996
| Cause of death | ECCD-1 | ECCD-2 | Comparison 2/1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of deaths | % | Rate per 1,000 | No of deaths | % | Rate per 1,000 | Decline (%) | p value | |
| ALRI | 21 | 14.1 | 4.45 | 102 | 29.0 | 5.16 | −15.9 | 0.538 |
| Diarrhoea, Acute | 33 | 22.1 | 6.99 | 73 | 20.7 | 3.69 | 47.2 | 0.002∗ |
| Diarrhoea, Chronic | 17 | 11.4 | 3.60 | 24 | 6.8 | 1.21 | 66.3 | 0.001∗ |
| Dysentery | 3 | 2.0 | 0.64 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.10 | 84.1 | 0.044 |
| Total, diarrhoea | 55.4 | 0.000∗ | ||||||
| Tuberculosis | 3 | 2.0 | 0.64 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.10 | 84.1 | 0.044∗ |
| Malnutrition | 35 | 23.5 | 7.42 | 64 | 18.2 | 3.24 | 56.4 | 0.001∗ |
| Congenital defect | 6 | 4.0 | 1.27 | 14 | 4.0 | 0.71 | 44.3 | 0.230 |
| Hepatitis | 1 | 0.7 | 0.21 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.35 | −67.0 | 0.631 |
| Typhoid | 3 | 2.0 | 0.64 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 100.0 | 0.083 |
| Whooping cough | 1 | 0.7 | 0.21 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.25 | −19.3 | 0.872 |
| Laryngitis | 5 | 3.4 | 1.06 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 100.0 | 0.025∗ |
| Meningitis | 9 | 6.0 | 1.91 | 9 | 2.6 | 0.46 | 76.1 | 0.002∗ |
| Measles | 2 | 1.3 | 0.42 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.05 | 88.1 | 0.083 |
| Septicaemia | 10 | 6.7 | 2.12 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.10 | 95.2 | 0.003∗ |
| Accident | 2 | 1.3 | 0.42 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.30 | 28.4 | 0.682 |
| Other and unknown | 33 | 22.1 | 6.99 | 87 | 27.6 | 4.91 | 29.9 | 0.167 |
| Total | 149 | 100.0 | 31.6 | 352 | 100.0 | 17.8 | 43.6 | 0.000∗ |
∗Signifcant (p<0.05); ALRI=Acute lower respiratory infection; ECCD=Enquête sur les Causes et Circonstances de Décès