19 May 2023: Database Analysis
Causes of Death in Neonates, Infants, Children, and Adolescents at the University Children’s Clinical Hospital of Białystok Between 2018 and 2021
Monika Kamianowska 1ABDE* , Aleksandra Kamianowska 2BCDEF , Anna Wasilewska 1ACDEDOI: 10.12659/MSM.939915
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939915
Table 1 Characteristics of deceased children and adolescents in 2018–2021 at the University Children’s Clinical Hospital of Białystok.
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | In total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hospitalizations | 21 358 | 21 938 | 15 860 | 21 081 | 80 237 | |
| Number of deaths (% of hospitalizations) | 16 (0.07%) | 13 (0.06%) | 16 (0.1%) | 14 (0.07%) | 59 (0.07%) | |
| Number of hospitalizations of girls | 9556 (44.74%) | 9951 (45.36%) | 7151 (45.09%) | 9479 (44.96%) | 36 137 (45.04%) | |
| Number of hospitalizations of boys | 11 802 (55.26%) | 11 987 (54.64%) | 8709 (54.91%) | 11 602 (55.04%) | 44 100 (54.96%) | |
| Number of deaths of girls (% of hospitalized girls) | 4 (0.04%) | 4 (0.04%) | 9 (0.13%) | 6 (0.06%) | 23 (0.06%) | |
| Number of deaths of boys (% of hospitalized boys) | 12 (0.10%) | 9 (0.08%) | 7 (0.08%) | 8 (0.07%) | 36 (0.08%) | |
| Number of deaths in particular age groups (% of all deaths) | Neonates | 3 (18.75%) | 4 (30.77%) | 3 (18.75%) | 2 (14.29%) | 12 (20.34%) |
| Infants | 5 (31.25%) | 4 (30.77%) | 4 (25.00%) | 4 (28.57%) | 17 (28.81%) | |
| Children | 5 (31.25%) | 2 (15.38%) | 3 (18.75%) | 4 (28.57%) | 14 (23.73%) | |
| Adolescents | 3 (18.75%) | 3 (23.08%) | 6 (37.50%) | 4 (28.57%) | 16 (27.12%) | |
| Length of hospitalization (% of all deaths) | 1 day | 2 (12.50%) | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (12.50%) | 2 (14.29%) | 6 (10.17%) |
| 2–3 days | 5 (31.25%) | 2 (15.38%) | 6 (37.50%) | 5 (35.71%) | 18 (30.51%) | |
| 4–10 days | 3 (18.75%) | 2 (15.38%) | 4 (25.00%) | 4 (28.57%) | 13 (22.03%) | |
| >10 days | 6 (37.5%) | 9 (69.23%) | 4 (25.00%) | 3 (21.43%) | 22 (37.29%) | |