Table 2.
Participant characteristics of children who died following discharge
| Variable | Mean ± SD or N (%) |
| Age (months) | 19.2 ± 14.2 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 22 (55.0%) |
| Female | 18 (45.0%) |
| Discharge Diagnoses* | |
| Malaria | 14 (35.0%) |
| Pneumonia | 16 (40.0%) |
| Diarrhea | 3 (7.5%) |
| Meningitis | 3 (7.5%) |
| Malnutrition | 6 (15%) |
| Tuberculosis | 1 (2.5%) |
| Respiratory infection | 2 (5.0%) |
| Sepsis | 2 (5.0%) |
| Bronchiolitis | 1 (2.5%) |
| Anemia | 7 (17.5%) |
| Other | 6 (15%) |
| Distance to hospital | |
| < 30 minutes | 6 (15.0%) |
| 30 minutes – 1 hour | 7 (17.5%) |
| > 1 hour | 27 (67.5%) |
| HIV status | |
| Child HIV+ | 7 (17.5%) |
| Maternal HIV+ | 6 (15.0%) |
| Maternal age (years) | 29.0 ± 7.25 |
| Maternal education | |
| < Primary 3 | 12 (30.0%) |
| Primary 3 – primary 7 | 22 (55.0%) |
| Secondary | 5 (12.5%) |
| Post-secondary | 1 (2.5%) |
| Water supply | |
| Municipal water | 6 (15.0%) |
| Protected spring | 4 (10.0%) |
| Bore hole | 6 (15.0%) |
| Fast running stream | 1 (2.5%) |
| Slow stream | 1 (2.5%) |
| Shallow well | 21 (52.5%) |
| Bed net use (child) | |
| Always | 15 (37.5%) |
| Sometimes | 12 (30.0%) |
| Never | 13 (32.5%) |
*
Some participants had concurrent diagnoses; hence the total number of diagnoses is greater than the sample size