Table 3.
Causes of death among children in Cambodia
| Children of other sex workers (FSW) under 5 years of age (N = 36) | Children of other FSW over 5 years of age (N = 14) | Children of FSW under 5 years of age (N = 8) | Children in Cambodia overalla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV | 13 (36.1%) | HIV | 1 (7.1%) | – | HIV/AIDS | 0.30% | |
| Lung disease | 6 (16.7%) | Lung disease | 1 (7.1%) | Pneumonia | 1 (12.5%) | Acute lower respiratory infections | 16.80% |
| Dengue | 3 (8.3%) | Dengue | 2 (14.3%) | – | – | ||
| Fever | 2 (5.6%) | Fever | 2 (14.3%) | Fever | 2 (25%) | Sepsis and other infectious conditions of the newborn | 8.10% |
| Drowning | 2 (5.6%) | Drowning | 2 (14.3%) | – | – | ||
| Hepatitis B | 3 (2.8%) | Liver disease | 1 (7.1%) | – | – | ||
| Congenital heart disease | 3 (2.8%) | – | – | Congenital anomalies | 9.80% | ||
| Measles | 3 (2.8%) | – | Measles | 1 (12.5%) | Measles | 0.40% | |
| Malnutrition | 3 (2.8%) | – | – | – | |||
| Unknown | 6 (16.7%) | Unknown | 2 (14.3%) | Unknown | 2 (25%) | – | |
| – | Road accident | 3 (21.4%) | – | Injuries | 8.30% | ||
| – | – | Diarrhea | 1 (12.5%) | Diarrheal diseases | 8.10% | ||
| – | – | Asthma | 1 (12.5%) | – | |||
| – | – | – | Prematurity | 16.20% | |||
| – | – | – | Birth asphyxia and birth trauma | 13% | |||
| – | – | – | Other communicable, perinatal and nutritional conditions | 9.40% | |||
| – | – | – | Other non-communicable diseases | 4.50% | |||
| – | – | – | Pertussis | 2.80% | |||
| – | – | – | Meningitis/encephalitis | 1.40% | |||
| – | – | – | Malaria | 0.50% | |||
| – | – | – | Tetanus | 0.304 | |||
WHO Global Health Observatory. Causes of child mortality. http://www.who.int/gho/child_health/mortality/causes/en/