Table 1.
Analysis of death certificates to establish cause of death and life-limiting condition
|
Death certificate analysis age 0 to 19 years 2002-7 |
Overall Picture |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1052 deaths | |||||||
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569/1052 (54%) deaths from life-limiting conditions | |||||||
|
887 causes of death recorded | |||||||
| 196/887 (22%) causes of death were considered life-limiting. | |||||||
|
420/887 children died from 176 life-limiting conditions |
ICD 10 Chapter [27] |
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| II - C or D |
I- A |
IV- E |
VI- G |
IX- I |
X – XVI J or P |
XVII- Q |
|
| neoplasms, diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs; certain disorders involving the immune mechanism |
infectious and parasitic diseases |
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease |
diseases of the nervous system |
diseases of the circulatory system), |
diseases of the respiratory system; certain conditions originating in the perinatal period) |
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities |
|
| 104/420 (25%) |
50/420 (12%) |
24/420 (6%) |
88/420 (21%) |
36/420 (9%) |
30/420 (7%) |
54/420 (13%) |
|
| Only seven individual life-limiting conditions (4%) caused more than 10 deaths in children | |||||||
| 169/887 neonatal deaths from life-limiting conditions | ICD 10 Chapter [27] |
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| XVI- P |
XVII- Q |
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| certain conditions originating in the perinatal period |
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities |
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| 92/169 (54%) |
73/169 (43%) |
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| 97% deaths were caused by only two life-limiting conditions | |||||||