Ethiopia: Top 10 leading Causes of Admission for Children under five

 

Diagnosis

%

1

All types of Malaria

25.1

2

Bronchopneumonia

13.7

3

Gastro-enteritis and colitis (age 4 weeks to 2 years)

7.7

4

Primary atypical, other, and unspecified pneumonia

6.3

5

Dysentery

6.2

6

Observation without need for further medical care (No abnormality detected)

3.5

7

Lobar pneumonia

2.6

8

All types of TB

2.5
9 Acute upper respiratory infections
2.0
10 Relapsing Fever
1.8
  All Top 10 causes
71.3
  All diseases
100.0

Source: MOH 2003, Unpublished

 


Last Updated: March 18, 2005