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Adeyeye E. I, Oluwadare I. Adults mortality pattern as seen in Ado-Ekiti specialist hospital, Ekiti state, Nigeria, 1997 – 2001. Biosci Biotechnol Res Asia 2007;4(1)
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Adults mortality pattern as seen in Ado-Ekiti specialist hospital, Ekiti state, Nigeria, 1997 – 2001

E.I. Adeyeye1 and I. Oluwadare2

1Department of Chemistry, University of Ado Ekiti; P. M. B. 5363, Ado-Ekiti (Nigeria) 2Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, PMB 2210, Ojere, Abeokuta (Nigeria)

ABSTRACT: This retrospective study was based on the pattern of mortality as recorded for in-patients in the male and female wards of the Ekiti State Specialist Hospital, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria between 1997 – 2001. The population involved was 370 distributed as 288 (77.8%) males and 82 (22.2%) females. Total number of months was 81 distributed as 59 (72.8%) months for males and 22 (27.2%) months for females. The fatality diseases for males ran thus: tuberculosis 41 (14.2%) > cardiovascular arrest 28 (9.7%)> tetanus 24(8.3%)> congective cardiac failure 19 (6.6%) > meningitis/typhoid 18(6.3%) and for females: cardiovascular arrest 16 (19.5%) > tuberculosis 13 (15.9%) > diabetes melitus 7 (8.5%)> congective cardiac failure 6 (7.3%) and malaria / meningitis 4 (4.9%). The age bracket analysed was 11-100years. Diseases causing mortality among the productive ages of men were tuberculosis (11-70years), lung pneumonia (11-70y), congective cardiac failure (11-70y), meningitis (11-60y), diabetes melitus (11-70y), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (32-45y); for females: tuberculosis (11-70y), diabetes melitus (11-60y), cardioascular arrest (31-80y), malaria fever (11-40y) and meningitis (11-30y).

KEYWORDS: Restrospective study; fatality diseases; productive ages

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