Table 3.
Distribution of Child Deaths by Cause of Deatha and Antenatal Micronutrient Supplementation Group, Nepal, 1999–2008
| Cause of Deathbc | Controls (n = 38) | Supplementation Group |
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| Folic Acid (n = 36) | Folic Acid-Iron (n = 20) | Folic Acid-Iron-Zinc (n = 27) | Multiple Micronutrients (n = 29) | ||
| Diarrhea/dysentery | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Acute lower respiratory infection | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Sepsis/hepatitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Acute severe illness | 19 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 11 |
| Long-term chronic illness | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Injury | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Sudden death | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Otherd | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Determined using physician reviews of verbal autopsies and types of deaths ascertained at the time of follow-up by parental interviews.
Forty-six causes were ascertained using physician reviews of verbal autopsy data for deaths that occurred during the antenatal (6) and preschool (25) supplementation trials. Ninety “causes” were ascertained using parental reports of category of cause, including injury, acute and chronic illness, and sudden death, at the time of the follow-up study.
Data on cause of death were missing for 14 deaths (5 in the control group, 2 in the folic acid group, 2 in the folic acid-iron group, 3 in the folic acid-iron-zinc group, and 2 in the multiple micronutrient group).
Included severe malnutrition, retinoblastoma, and “uncertain cause.”