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Table 4 Mortality rate, by age at admission, at one year post-dischargea for children with a hospital admission that included ICU, 2010–2012

From: Pediatric admissions that include intensive care: a population-based study

 

Mortality per 100 infants

Primary admitting diagnosis

Age ≥ 29 days to < 1 year

Age ≥ 1 year to < 16 years

Acute respiratory infection

1.2

1.1

Other non-asthma respiratory b

3.4

5.2

Congenital anomaly

0.8

0.9

Neurological disorder

5.0

1.8

Injury

0.0

0.8

Neoplasm

0.0

11.6

Endocrine/metabolic

12.5

2.6

Other diagnosis

3.0

1.9

  1. aif more than one ICU admission for a child, then after the last such admission
  2. bmainly aspiration pneumonia