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Table 7 Top 10 causes of death (assigned by study physician) for children

From: The quality of medical death certification of cause of death in hospitals in rural Bangladesh: impact of introducing the International Form of Medical Certificate of Cause of Death

Cause

Death (%)

Pneumonia

31.7

Sepsis

10.4

Gastroenteritis and colitis

7.6

Encephalitis

7.3

Meningitis

6.0

External causes of death

5.0

Protein-energy malnutrition

4.3

Other respiratory diseases

3.5

Other infectious diseases

2.6

Injuries and poisonings

2.4

Other (outside top 10)

19.1