Comparison of paediatric infectious disease deaths in public sector health facilities using different data sources in the Western Cape, South Africa (2007–2021)

Table 4 Comparison of Routine Health Information Systems and Death Notification Surveillance causes of death among children admitted for diarrhoea, lower respiratory tract infections, meningitis or tuberculous meningitis in the Western Cape (2010–2013)

DN Surveillance cause of death	RHIS cause of death
DN Surveillance cause of death	Diarrhoea	LRTI	Meningitis	TBM	Other condition	Total
Diarrhoea	52 (98%)	1 (2%)	0	0	0	53
LRTI	8 (14%)	49 (83%)	0	0	2 (3%)	59
Meningitis	0	3 (27%)	5 (45%)	2 (18%)	1 (9%)	11
TBM	1 (11%)	0	2 (22%)	5 (56%)	1 (11%)	9
Total	61	53	7	7	4	132

Table includes all deaths that were recorded as being due to diarrhoea, LRTI, meningitis or TBM in DN Surveillance. Row percentages are shown. Bold values are to highlight the level of agreement of each infectious disease, respectively
DN Death Notification, LRTI lower respiratory tract infections, RHIS Routine Health Information Systems, TBM tuberculous meningitis

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