Table 1. Reported causes of death during recall period, by age group and overall, Walikale, North Kivu, DRC, June 2013.
| <5 years | ≥5 years | Overall | ||||
| n | % (CI95%) | n | % (CI95%) | n | % (CI95%) | |
| Fever/malaria | 25 | 56.8 (38.4–75.3) | 34 | 26.4 (16.0–36.7) | 59 | 34.1 (25.4–42.9) |
| Diarrhea | 8 | 18.2 (5.9–30.5) | 20 | 15.5 (8.4–22.7) | 28 | 16.2 (8.8–23.6) |
| Measles | 5 | 11.4 (4.3–23.4) | 0 | – | 5 | 2.9 (1.1–6.3) |
| Respiratory problem | 2 | 4.5 (−2.4–11.5) | 11 | 8.5 (4.7–12.4) | 13 | 7.5 (3.7–11.3) |
| Intentional violence | 1 | 2.3 (−2.5–7.0) | 12 | 9.3 (4.6–14.0) | 13 | 7.5 (3.9–11.1) |
| Accidental violence | 1 | 2.3 (−2.5–7.0) | 9 | 7.0 (1.0–13.0) | 10 | 5.8 (1.2–10.3) |
| Pregnancy* | na | na | 11 | 8.5 (3.0–14.0) | 11 | 6.4 (2.4–10.3) |
| Hernia ** | na | na | 8 | 6.2 (2.9–11.4) | 8 | 4.6 (2.2–8.6) |
| Other | 2 | 4.5 (0.8–14.2) | 23 | 17.8 (11.9–25.2) | 25 | 14.5 (9.8–20.3) |
| Missing value | 0 | – | 1 | 0.8 (−0.8–2.4) | 1 | 0.6 (0.6–1.8) |
| TOTAL | 44 | 100 | 129 | 100 | 173 | 100 |
* includes death in mother up to one month after birth of child.
** the term “hernia” is often used in this part of Congo to illustrate symptoms of other diseases or it is thought to provoke other diseases, as it was not clinically assessed it should not be interpreted as the medical definition of this term.