Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to reduce neonatal and under-five mortality as well as to end preventable deaths. This study aims to describe the trend and characteristics of under-five mortality in Putrajaya to engineer targeted intervention for such problems. METHODS: This study used data extracted from Death Notification Forms and mortality consolidation reports from 2014 until 2018. Modified ICD-10 was used to classify the cause of deaths. RESULTS: Overall, the trend of under-five mortality rate in Putrajaya was above the target given by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. The under-five mortality rates were at 10.9 deaths per 1,000 live births and 10.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2014 and 2015, respectively. With multiple strategies being held, the rates have been seen to decline to 8.0 deaths per 1,000 live births, 8.6 deaths per 1,000 live births and 8.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2016, 2017 and 2018 respectively. About 83.2% of cases were hospital deaths and 16.7% of cases were non-hospital deaths. The cause of death was primarily due to condition from perinatal period (28.5%), followed by respiratory complications (19.8%) and congenital malformation (16.1%) and others (35.6%). Preventability of the under-five mortality takes 19.2% of total deaths. DISCUSSION: Knowing the characteristics of under-five mortalities in Putrajaya helps us to develop plan of action focusing on creating community awareness to reduce under-five mortality in Putrajaya. But are we doing enough?
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-303,
title = {Under-Five Mortality in Putrajaya: Are We Doing Enough?},
author = {Sophia Mohd Ramli and Wan Nur Shazwani Wan Mohamad Nor and Waramlah Ramlan and Natalia Che Ishak and Muirin Julli and PHN and Sarimah Yusoff and PHN and Husnina Ibrahim},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to reduce neonatal and under-five mortality as well as to end preventable deaths. This study aims to describe the trend and characteristics of under-five mortality in Putrajaya to engineer targeted intervention for such problems. METHODS: This study used data extracted from Death Notification Forms and mortality consolidation reports from 2014 until 2018. Modified ICD-10 was used to classify the cause of deaths. RESULTS: Overall, the trend of under-five mortality rate in Putrajaya was above the target given by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. The under-five mortality rates were at 10.9 deaths per 1,000 live births and 10.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2014 and 2015, respectively. With multiple strategies being held, the rates have been seen to decline to 8.0 deaths per 1,000 live births, 8.6 deaths per 1,000 live births and 8.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2016, 2017 and 2018 respectively. About 83.2% of cases were hospital deaths and 16.7% of cases were non-hospital deaths. The cause of death was primarily due to condition from perinatal period (28.5%), followed by respiratory complications (19.8%) and congenital malformation (16.1%) and others (35.6%). Preventability of the under-five mortality takes 19.2% of total deaths. DISCUSSION: Knowing the characteristics of under-five mortalities in Putrajaya helps us to develop plan of action focusing on creating community awareness to reduce under-five mortality in Putrajaya. But are we doing enough?},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Pejabat Kesihatan Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya, Malaysia},
keywords = {preventable deaths, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), under-five mortality},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}