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

 

Diagnosis

%

1

All types of Malaria

21.6

2

Bronchopneumonia

17.6

3

Primary atypical, other, and unspecified pneumonia

11.3

4

Dysentery

6.7

5

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

6.0

6

Lobar pneumonia

3.2

7

All types of TB

2.9

8

Marasmus

2.0
9 Tetanus
2.0
10 Sepsis of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium
1.6
  All Top 10 causes
75.0
  All diseases
100.0

Source: MOH 2003, Unpublished

 


Last Updated: March 18, 2005