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Top ten causes of premature mortality among children under the age of five years ranked by percentage contribution to the total YLL in the Nairobi DSS 2003–2005 |
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| Causes |
YLL |
% YLL |
Rank |
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| Pneumonia |
3463 |
22.8 |
1 |
| Diarrhoeal Diseases |
2969 |
19.5 |
2 |
| Stillbirths |
2480 |
16.3 |
3 |
| Malnutrition and Anaemia |
1275 |
8.4 |
4 |
| Birth Injury and/or Asphyxia |
661 |
4.3 |
5 |
| AIDS and TB |
609 |
4.0 |
6 |
| Malaria |
537 |
3.5 |
7 |
| Prematurity and or Low Birth Weight |
529 |
3.5 |
8 |
| Acute Febrile Illness |
434 |
2.9 |
9 |
| Measles |
304 |
2.0 |
10 |
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| Total (All Causes) |
15192 |
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Kyobutungi et al. Population Health Metrics 2008 6:1 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-6-1 |
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