Mortality Pattern in Hospitalized Patients in a Tertiary Care Centre of Latur

Abstract

Background: Records of vital events like death constitute an important component of the Health Information System. Cause-specific data on mortality form the core of any health planning strategy. Aims and Objectives: The objective of the study was to study the cause specific mortality data of Government Medical College, Latur. Methodology: A retrospective study was done with medical records of patients who died in Government Medical College, Latur. All non medicolegal deaths that occurred during 2007-2011 were considered for analysis. The cause of death was recorded as written on death certificate by certifying doctor. Data was summarized with percentage. Results: In the 5 years study period total of 2,089 non medicolegal deaths were recorded. Mortality rate per 1000 admissions was 20.54, 24.77, 27.72, 29.23 and 18.65 in 2007 to 2011 yearly. Major proportion of hospital deaths were in patients > 60 years followed by 16-45 years. Male deaths were more than the female deaths. Mortality from people in rural area was >65% per year except for the year 2008. Although the major cause of death was Septicemia, the combined proportion of deaths due to non-communicable diseases was far greater than that. The next leading cause was neonatal deaths. Mean duration of hospital stay per year was 2.9, 3.45, 4.16, 3.12, 3.03 days for the years 2007-2011. Conclusions: Both communicable and non communicable diseases are equally contributing in mortality.

Keywords

• Cause of death
• Mortality
• Myocardial infarction
• Septicaemia.