Table 3.

Incidence density rate of death stratified by the determinant variables among severely malnourished under five children admitted to SC in SPHMMC, 2012 – 2019

Variables	Frequency	Person-day	Death	IDR (95% CI)
Overall	610	10,829	61	5.6 (4.4–7.2)
Respiratory Rate
Normal	294	5001	21	4.2 (2.7–6.4)
Altered	316	5828	40	6.8 (5–9.4)
HIV/AIDS
Yes	15	229	4	17.5 (6.6–46.5)
No	595	10,600	57	5.4 (4.1–6.9)
Pneumonia
Yes	316	5633	39	6.9 (5–9.5)
No	294	5196	22	4.2 (2.8–6.4)
Hypoglycemia
Yes	38	600	13	2.2 (1.3–3.7)
No	572	10,229	48	4.7 (3.5–6.2)
CHD
Yes	33	586	7	11.9 (5.6–25)
No	577	10,243	54	5.3 (4–6.9)
Shock
Yes	69	1118	30	26.8 (18.8–38.4)
No	541	9711	31	3.2(2.2–4.5)
AKI
Yes	13	267	5	5.3 (4–6.9)
No	597	10,562	56	18.7 (7.8–45)
LOC
Normal	564	9810	45	4.6 (3.4–6)
Impaired	46	1019	16	15.7 (9.6–25.6)
F100
Yes	496	9515	22	2.3 (1.3–3.5)
No	114	1314	39	29.7 (21.7–40.7)
Vitamin A
Yes	255	4450	14	3.1 (1.9–5.3)
No	355	6379	47	7.4 (5.5–9.8)
Folic Acid
Yes	365	6528	23	3.5 (2.3–5.3)
No	245	4301	38	8.8 (6.4–12)
Zinc
Yes	195	3777	12	3.2 (1.8–5.6)
No	415	7052	49	6.9 (5.3–9.2)
Iron
Yes	182	3616	4	1.1 (0.4–2.9)
No	428	7213	57	7.9 (6.1–10.2)
IV fluid
Yes	140	2615	47	17.9 (13.5–23.9)
No	470	8214	14	1.7 (1–2.8)
ReSoMal
Yes	351	6364	47	7.4 (5.5–9.8)
No	259	4465	14	3.1 (1.8–5.3)

CHD Congenital heart diseases, AKI Acute kidney injury, LOC Level of consciousness, ReSoMal Rehydration solution for malnutrition