Main characteristics of hospital non-survivors
| Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
| ICU, intensive care unit. | |
| *Details on source of admission were not available in 116 children. | |
| †Patients were admitted to their location of death from other wards within the same hospital. | |
| Age group | |
| Infants (<1 year) | 650 (57.7) |
| Children (1–14 years) | 407 (36.1) |
| Young adults (>14 years) | 70 (6.2) |
| Diagnostic category | |
| Congenital malformations | 250 (22.2) |
| Cardiovascular | 168 (14.9) |
| Gastroenterological | 28 (2.5) |
| Infections | 46 (4.1) |
| Injury/poisoning | 85 (7.5) |
| Metabolic disorders | 37 (3.3) |
| Neoplasms | 140 (12.4) |
| Neurological | 83 (7.4) |
| Perinatal diseases | 204 (18.1) |
| Respiratory | 78 (6.9) |
| Other | 8 (0.7) |
| Location of death | |
| ICU | 966 (85.7) |
| Non-ICU | 161(14.3) |
| Source of admission | (n = 1011)* |
| Home | 55 (5.4) |
| From within hospital† | 213 (21.1) |
| External referral | 743 (73.5) |
| Total | 1127 |