Research Article
The Horizon of Unintentional Injuries among Children in Low-Income Setting: An Overview from Bangladesh Health and Injury Survey
Table 1
Top ten leading causes of morbidity among children (
18 years).
| | Rank | 1 Year | 1–4 Years | 5–9 Years | 10–14 years | 15–17 Years | 1–17 Years |
| | 1 | ARI/Pneumonia (848) | ARI/Pneumonia (1686) | Fall (582) | Fever (505) | Fever (238) | ARI/Pneumonia (2668) | | 2 | Diarrhoeal Diseases (381) | Diarrhoeal Diseases (1287) | Fever (555) | Fall (447) | Fall (169) | Diarrhoeal Diseases (1937) | | 3 | Malnutrition (97) | Burn (580) | ARI/Pneumonia (508) | ARI/Pneumonia (334) | ARI/Pneumonia (140) | Fever (1857) | | 4 | Fever (94) | Fever (559) | Diarrhoeal Diseases (352) | Cut injury (216) | Road Traffic injury (128) | Fall (1600) | | 5 | Fall (53) | Fall (402) | Burn (267) | Diarrhoeal Diseases (210) | Cut injury (94) | Burn (979) | | 6 | Skin Disease (49) | Malnutrition (301) | Measles (264) | Measles (200) | Diarrhoeal Diseases (88) | Measles (828) | | 7 | Measles (37) | Near drowning (297) | Cut injury (261) | Road Traffic injury (188) | Measles (80) | Cut injury (714) | | 8 | ARI and Diarrhoea (36) | Measles (284) | Road Traffic injury (228) | Skin Disease (151) | Jaundice (75) | Road Traffic injury (651) | | 9 | Burn (35) | Skin Disease (216) | Asthma (132) | Animal bite (125) | Malaria (57) | Malnutrition (531) | | 10 | Meningitis (25) | ARI and Diarrhoea (157) | Malnutrition (125) | Jaundice (117) | Burn (42) | Skin Disease (500) |
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