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

Table 4

Primary causes of death in children with confirmed HIV infection, according to age ($n=74$).

Primary causes of death	0–11 months		1–4 years		5–14 years		Total
	$N$	%	$N$	%	$N$	%	$N$	%
Bronchopneumonia	15	54	4	13	3	19	22	30
Pyrexia	2	7	12	40	2	12	16	22
Diarrhea	6	21	3	10	3	19	12	16
Wasting syndrome	2	7	4	13	6	38	12	16
Measles	3	11	5	17	2	12	10	14
Anemia	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	1
Other non-infectious	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	1
Total	28	100	30	100	16	100	74	100