Table 1.
Epidemiological characteristics of deaths caused by hand foot and mouth disease in Vietnam 2011
| Characteristic | No. of cases/total (%) |
|---|---|
|
Demographic |
|
| Male sex |
116/169 (69) |
| Age in month, Median (range) |
25 (3–107) |
| Age group ≤ 3 years |
147/169 (87) |
|
HFMD exposure |
|
| Daycare attendance |
10/56 (18) |
| Known contact with HFMD cases |
10/32 (31) |
|
Disease recognition, referral and progression |
|
| Admission within 3 days of symptom recognition |
130/169 (77) |
| Self-admission in severe state |
62/102 (61) |
| Fatal cases before admission |
2/67 (3) |
| Transferred to provincial or tertiary level hospital |
54/166 (33) |
| Diagnosis of HFMD at referral |
29/44 (66) |
| Referral under critical conditions |
26/67 (39) |
| Referral cases died before admission |
4/67 (6) |
| Days from referral hospital admission to death, median (inter-quartile range) |
1 (1–3) |
|
Fatal cases at hospital levels |
|
| Tertiary level |
139/169 (82) |
| Province level |
28/169 (17) |
| District level |
2/169 (1) |
|
Time from admission to death, median (range) |
|
| Tertiary level |
1 (0–33) |
| Province level |
1 (0–7) |
| District level | 0.5 (0–1) |