Analysis of 10-year-death cases in hospitalized children in Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the death cases of hospitalized children in Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College from January 2004 to December 2013,and to detect the age distribution of deaths,the total cost and cost of different diseases,length of hospital stays,season distribution of deaths and mortality rates trends.Methods Five hundred and thirty-one death cases of 0-18 years old hospitalized children from 219 429 cases in Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College during January 2004 to December 2013 were collected and analyzed.Results From January 2004 to December 2013,the total mortality rate of hospitalized children was 0.24％ (531/219 429 cases).The mortality rate of 0-28 d was highest (0.77％).The average economic cost of dead cases was 3.4 times compared with other hospitalized cases,three diseases with highest treatment expenses were congenital malformation,deformations and chromosomal abnormalities ; as well as the respiratory system diseases and tumor.Median hospital stay of the dead cases was 5.8 days.The top five causes of death were certain conditions originating in the perinatal period,such as congenital malformation,deformations and chromosomal abnormalities ; injury,poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes;certain infectious and parasitic diseases;diseases of the respiratory system.From January 2004 to December 2013,the mortality rate declined from 0.34％ to 0.12％ (x2 =67.138,P ＜ 0.001),and it was in a descending order.Conclusions Related departments of government should pay more attention to perinatal care,promote the congenital diseases screening,prevent respiratory infections,improve the level of emergency room,reduce poisoning and traffic accidents.And different measures should be taken according to the different characteristics of the death causes of different age groups.