Table 2.
Admissions, deaths and case fatality rates for common diagnoses 2009–2014
| Diagnoses | Deaths/admissions 2009 | Deaths/admissions 2010 | Deaths/admissions 2011 | Deaths/admissions 2012 | Deaths/admissions 2013 | Deaths/admissions 2014 | Total deaths/admissions | Case fatality rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All paediatric admissions | 209/3456 (6.94) | 646/10 897 | 1545/20 582 | 1660/20 546 | 1555/20 543 | 1482/20 974 | 7128/96 998 | 7.35 |
| Pneumonia | 24/836 | 140/2504 | 299/6330 | 272/5458 | 261/5200 | 294/5658 | 1290/25 986 | 4.96 |
| Severe pneumonia | 16/321 | 119/697 | 272/2322 | 238/2476 | 221/1909 | 224/1818 | 1090/9543 | 11.42 |
| Neonatal conditions | 88/834 | 150/1596 | 480/4180 | 473/4012 | 406/3437 | 452/4981 | 2049/19 040 | 10.76 |
| Diarrhoea | 12/284 | 35/1277 | 52/2122 | 67/1975 | 120/2622 | 109/2739 | 395/11 019 | 3.58 |
| Malaria | 26/507 | 50/1814 | 60/1774 | 69/1263 | 70/1347 | 67/1033 | 342/7738 | 4.42 |
| Severe malnutrition | 61/344 | 157/739 | 287/1544 | 604/2590 | 524/3379 | 455/2861 | 2088/11 457 | 18.22 |
| Tuberculosis | 16/164 | 58/514 | 145/1375 | 199/1510 | 241/2190 | 179/1470 | 838/7223 | 11.60 |
| Meningitis | 42/271 | 92/417 | 230/1305 | 279/1452 | 219/1374 | 149/933 | 1011/5752 | 17.58 |
| HIV | 3/20 | 13/54 | 37/195 | 57/470 | 61/378 | 77/527 | 248/1644 | 15.09 |
| Anaemia* | 155/1015 | 253/1455 | 408/2470 | 16.52 | ||||
| Rheumatic heart disease* | 4/58 | 3/48 | 7/106 | 6.60 | ||||
| Congenital heart disease* | 10/24 | 21/59 | 31/83 | 37.35 | ||||
| Measles | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 60/2098 | 62/2105 | 2.95 |
| Cancer* | 18/47 | 21/77 | 39/124 | 31.45 | ||||
| Tetanus | 0/2 | 1/6 | 0/47 | 0/8 | 0/0 | 2/14 | 3/77 | 3.90 |
| Acute flaccid paralysis | 0/6 | 0/7 | 0/15 | 0/9 | 1/6 | 1/10 | 2/53 | 3.77 |
| Whooping cough | 0/15 | 0/16 | 0/3 | 0/41 | 0/0 | 1/15 | 1/90 | 1.11 |
| Child protection* | 0/7 | 3/35 | 3/42 | 7.14 |
*Diagnoses that were introduced in later versions of the Paediatric Hospital Reporting (PHR) as annually reported, some hospitals were still using older versions, so data reporting are incomplete, even in 2013–2014.