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. 2011 Jul 21;64(1):65–66. doi: 10.1016/S0377-1237(08)80152-9

Table 3.

Mortality in children (1 month – 12 years) (n=1620)

Disease Number % Case fatality (%)
Septicaemia 407 25 45
CNS infection 240 15 40
Diarrhoea 292 18 22
Acute respiratory infection 356 22 16
Cardiac diseases 243 15 14
Renal failure 32 2 30
Hepatic failure 7 <1 50
Diabetic ketoacidosis 10 <1 44
Malignancies 33 2 60