Mortalidad por neumonía y por todas las causas en niños menores de 5 años en Colombia entre el 2005 y 2016
Introduction: Pneumococcal infections are one of the most important causes of diseases in children under 5 years old in Colombia.Objective: Evaluate mortality from pneumonia and all causes in children under 5 years old in Colombia.Methods: Ecological study, the main outcomes of the study was all-cau...
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Asociación Colombiana de Infectología,
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| Summary: | Introduction: Pneumococcal infections are one of the most important causes of diseases in children under 5 years old in Colombia.Objective: Evaluate mortality from pneumonia and all causes in children under 5 years old in Colombia.Methods: Ecological study, the main outcomes of the study was all-cause mortality and pneumonia (ICD-10 J12-18).Results: During 2005 to 2016, a total of 122,074 deaths were found for all causes, of which 13,359 (10.94%) corresponded to death due to pneumonia, 750 to meningitis (0.61%) and 17,511 to death due to other respiratory causes (14.34% ).Conclusions: A decrease in mortality has been observed in all-cause mortality rates, and the others studied death causes in this article. |
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| Item Description: | https://doi.org/10.22354/in.v25i2.928 0123-9392 |