Citation

Kumar V, Jumali IB. Med. Sci. Law 2006; 46(4): 301-309.

Affiliation

Department of Pathology, Forensic Unit, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 50603. Drvkr_2001@yahoo.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17191633

Abstract

The main aim of this study was to determine the causes and epidemiological aspects of pediatric death. Data was collected on 143 cases of paediatric death from a total of 2,895 autopsies performed in University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur, over a five-year period from 2000 to 2004. There were 78 males and 65 females. The largest number of cases (32.9%) were stillborn. The highest proportion of cases (30.1%) were Chinese. The majority of cases of paediatric death were non-traumatic (74.8%) of which intrauterine death (IUD) was the most common (32.9%). Amongst the traumatic deaths (25.2%), accidental injury (23.8%) was observed in the majority of cases.

Language: en