Study of Underlying Causes of Death in the admitted cases in V. S. General Hospital during the year 2014
Journal Title: Healthline - Year 2015, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
[b]Introduction : [/b]Mortality statistics is essential for planning the health care delivery and welfare of the community. Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) in the hospital provides the trend and changing mortality pattern of various diseases. [b]Objectives :[/b] (1) To study age wise distribution of total deaths of all patients admitted in Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital (VSGH) during the year 2014. (2) To study the underlying cause of death in each case. Method : Retrospective study of Medical Records was carried out from the medical Record Section of the hospital from which all the 3262 recorded deaths during the year 2014 were included. [b]Results :[/b] Mortality in males was 61% as compared to 39% female mortality.Commonest cause of death was the diseases of Circulatory system (18.6%) followed by Respiratory diseases(13.1%)and morbidity and mortality due to external causes(12.2%). Deaths due to infectious and parasitic diseases contributed 11.7% of total deaths. Amongst these, 55% of deaths were due to tuberculosis. Infant deaths were 351(10.8%)out of which 71% were observed in early neonatal period, followed by 8% in late neonatal period. Thus 79% of total infant deaths were in the neonatal period. Respiratory Distress of newborn (41.7%) and Birth Asphyxia (33.6%) were the leading causes of death in the early neonatal period. Low Birth Weight was attributable to 45(25.9%) of total neonatal deaths. [b]Conclusion :[/b] Mortality statistics of the hospital would give us changing trend of the leading causes of deaths over the years and planning for the treatment of these diseases in the hospital.
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Mihir Dedun, D. Bala
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