Impact of HIV/Aids on Child Mortality before the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era: A Study in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo

Table 3

Causes of deaths according to the age of the children ($n=588$).

Causes of death	0–11 months		1–4 years		5–14 years		Total
	$N$	%	$N$	%	$N$	%	$N$	%
Neonatal deaths	137	51.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	137	23.3
Malaria	18	6.7	83	35.8	15	17.0	116	19.7
Measles	12	4.5	49	21.1	6	6.8	67	11.4
AIDS	20	7.5	27	11.6	15	17.0	62	10.5
Respiratory diseases	30	11.2	19	8.2	6	6.8	55	9.4
Digestive diseases	24	9.0	16	6.9	6	6.8	46	7.8
Infectious diseases	9	3.4	14	6.0	9	10.2	32	5.4
Anemia	9	3.4	11	4.7	7	8.0	27	4.6
Accidents	2	0.7	4	1.7	7	8.0	13	2.2
Other noninfectious diseases	2	0.7	2	0.9	9	10.2	13	2.2
Indeterminate	2	0.7	5	2.2	6	6.8	13	2.2
Malnutrition	3	1.1	2	0.9	2	2.3	7	1.2
Total	268	100.0	232	100.0	88	100.0	588	100.0