Some effects of economic sanction on childhood mortality in Tikrit
Medical Journal of Tikrit University [The]. 1995; 1 (2): 137-143
in English
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ABSTRACT
A total of 500 cases admitted to Saddam General Hospital [SGH] from the first of August to the end of Decmeber/1990; and from the first of May to the end of July/1991; were studied. The results showed that there is an increase in the mortality rate and failure to thrive among pediatric age group below 5 years and this may be attributed to ongoing economic sanction and boycott. Gatroenteritis as a common cause of death under 5 years of age, there was an increase by 18% in death rate from 1989 to 1990. However, malnutrition resulted in an increase of the death rate by 12% from year 1989 to 1990. Also an increase in the problem of failure to thrive which constitutes 16% of patients admitted to S.G.H. in Tikrit
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Child
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Infant Mortality
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Cause of Death
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Failure to Thrive
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Gastroenteritis
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Nutrition Disorders
Type of study:
Health economic evaluation
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Med. J. Tikrit Univ.
Year:
1995
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