Table 1.

Comparison of age and sex distribution between study and population deaths

	Population (n = 3604)a	Study (n = 121)	P b
Age (months)
Median (IQR)	NA	19 (12–45)	NA
<1 years	48.7 % (1787)	29 % (35)	<0.001
1–4 years	36.7 % (1321)	48 % (58)
4–15 years	13.8 % (496)	23 % (28)
Male sex	50.2 % (1810)	64 % (77)	0.005
HIV infected	39.4 % (85/216)c	34 % (33/97)d	0.368

^aAll inpatient deaths that did not take part in the study

^bχ² test

^cHIV status of population estimated based on previous study [16]

^dHIV status unavailable for 24 cases