Table 3.

Distribution of deaths across major discharge diagnoses of emergency visits (2012–2014) and hospital admissions (2007–2014) in different age groups among children visiting the National Children Hospital in Vietnam

	All ages (0–17 years)			<1 year			1–4 years			5–17 years
	N	Case fatality ratio*	Death (%)†	N	Case fatality ratio*	Death (%)†	N	Case fatality ratio*	Death (%)†	N	Case fatality ratio*	Death (%)†
All emergency visits (2012–2014)	12 389			2387			7765			2246
Total deaths	131	1.1%		108	4.5%		15	0.2%		8	0.4%
Diseases related to perinatal period	51		38.9	51		47.2	0		0.0	0		0.0
Cardiovascular diseases	15		11.5	11		10.2	4		26.7	0		0.0
Congenital malformations	15		11.5	14		13.0	1		6.7	0		0.0
Respiratory diseases	14		10.7	10		9.3	1		6.7	3		37.5
Injury	3		2.3	0		0.0	3		20.0	0		0.0
Other diagnoses	33		25.2	22		20.4	6		40.0	5		62.5
All hospital admissions (2007–2014)	199 827			81 648			88 064			30 115
Total deaths	3142	1.6%		2502	3.1%		468	0.5%		172	0.6%
Diseases related to perinatal period	1020		32.5	1020		40.8	0		0.0	0		0.0
Respiratory diseases	574		18.3	448		17.9	100		21.4	26		15.1
Congenital malformations	443		14.1	415		16.6	22		4.7	6		3.5
Bacterial and parasitic infectious	378		12.0	227		9.1	123		26.3	28		16.3
Digestive diseases	149		4.7	126		5.0	15		3.2	8		4.7
Other diagnoses	578		18.4	266		10.6	122		44.4	104		60.5

*Case fatality ratio=number of deaths/all emergency visits (or hospital admissions), respectively.

†Death (%)=100×number of death in each diagnosis/total number of deaths in respective age group.