Table 3 Top 10 diseases at the Saint Joseph’s Catholic Hospital
OPD morbidity | Causes of admissions | Causes of death | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Condition | n | % | Condition | n | % | Condition | n | % |
1 | Pregnancy and related complications | 5020 | 33.0 | Labour | 1228 | 38.2 | Cardiopulmonary failure | 67 | 17.2 |
2 | Malaria | 1953 | 12.8 | Malaria | 306 | 9.5 | Respiratory distress | 20 | 5.1 |
3 | Gynaecological condition | 951 | 6.2 | Anemia | 67 | 2.1 | Anemia | 15 | 3.8 |
4 | Pneumonia | 356 | 2.3 | Gastroenteritis | 46 | 1.4 | Malaria | 15 | 3.8 |
5 | Skin diseases and ulcers | 301 | 2.0 | Hypertension | 39 | 1.2 | Hypertension | 15 | 3.8 |
6 | Hypertension | 267 | 1.8 | Gynaecological condition | 33 | 1.0 | Septicaemia | 14 | 3.6 |
7 | Diarrhoeal diseases | 229 | 1.5 | Hernia | 32 | 1.0 | Hypoglycemia | 13 | 3.3 |
8 | Other acute respiratory infections | 157 | 1.0 | Eclampsia | 31 | 1.0 | Aspiration pneumonia | 8 | 2.1 |
9 | Typhoid fever | 129 | 0.8 | Hypoglycemia | 28 | 0.9 | HIV/AIDS | 8 | 2.1 |
10 | Acute ear infection | 22 | 0.1 | Caesarean Section | 23 | 0.7 | Cardiorespiratory arrest | 5 | 1.3 |
All others | 5834 | 38.3 | All Others | 1378 | 42.9 | All others | 210 | 53.8 | |
Total | 15,219 | Total | 3211 | Total | 390 | ||||