Table 4.
Decline in childhood 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 | 9 | 8.6 | 2.63 | 26 | 20.4 | 2.57 | 2.2 | 0.954 |
| Diarrhoea, Acute | 18 | 17.1 | 5.26 | 17 | 12.8 | 1.62 | 69.3 | 0.000∗ |
| Diarrhoea, Chronic | 11 | 10.5 | 3.21 | 19 | 16.7 | 2.10 | 34.6 | 0.263 |
| Dysentery | 9 | 8.6 | 2.63 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.30 | 88.4 | 0.006∗ |
| Total, diarrhoea | 63.8 | 0.000∗ | ||||||
| Typhoid | 5 | 4.8 | 1.46 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.13 | 91.2 | 0.027∗ |
| Tuberculosis | 4 | 3.8 | 1.17 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.22 | 81.0 | 0.055∗ |
| Malnutrition | 27 | 25.7 | 7.89 | 23 | 17.8 | 2.25 | 71.5 | 0.000∗ |
| Congenital defect | 3 | 2.9 | 0.88 | 5 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 42.8 | 0.444 |
| Hepatitis | 5 | 4.8 | 1.46 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.30 | 79.1 | 0.061 |
| Nephritis | 1 | 1.0 | 0.29 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.37 | −27.3 | 0.829 |
| Whooping cough | 2 | 1.9 | 0.58 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.09 | 84.1 | 0.234 |
| Laryngitis | 1 | 1.0 | 0.29 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 100.0 | 0.317 |
| Meningitis | 6 | 5.7 | 1.75 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.19 | 89.4 | 0.006∗ |
| Measles | 3 | 2.9 | 0.88 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.19 | 78.8 | 0.089 |
| Septicaemia | 9 | 8.6 | 2.63 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.09 | 96.5 | 0.004∗ |
| Accident | 6 | 5.7 | 1.17 | 7 | 14.2 | 1.21 | −2.2 | 0.948 |
| Other and unknown | 13 | 12.4 | 1.75 | 17 | 15.3 | 1.79 | 49.2 | 0.968 |
| Total | 105 | 100.0 | 30.7 | 112 | 100.0 | 12.6 | 58.9 | 0.000∗ |
∗Significant (p<0.05); ALRI=Acute lower respiratory infection; ECCD=Enquête sur les Causes et Circonstances de Décès