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The morbidity pattern of children reveal that diarrheal diseases and respiratory infections constitute the major causes of hospital admissions. Tuberculosis, poliomyelitis measles, tetanus and typhoid are the significant causes of morbidity due to vaccine preventable illnesses. Malnutrition among these children aggravate the morbidity. Low birth weight and prematurity contribute significantly to the morbidity apart from neonatal infections among the sick new-borns. Neonatal tetanus, septicemia and CNS infections carry a high mortality rate.
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Deivanayagam, N., Sivarathinam, S. & Sankaranarayanan, V.S. Morbidity and mortality pattern of the hospitalized children at Madras city. Indian J Pediatr 54, 733–737 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02751290
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02751290