Table 3 Examples of study cases where information collected during the study is not reflected in the cause/manner of death.
Sex | Age (months) | Cause of death | Manner of death | Description of the family/household/circumstances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
M | 5 | X59: Exposure to unspecified factor | not established | The child unattended, mother unemployed, father with criminal record |
M | 0 | P52: Intracranial nontraumatic haemorrhage of fetus and newborn | disease | Mother HIV+, living with her parents, wanted to terminate her pregnancy at 35 weeks and was only then registered for pregnancy followup |
F | 4 | R 95: Sudden infant death syndrome | disease | Single 18-year-old mother, HIV+, narcotics use. |
M | 3 | R 95: Sudden infant death syndrome | disease | On admission to hospital, the child was dirty with filthy clothes, no diaper. At autopsy, bruising and abrasion of the forehead was detected. |
M | 3 | W 78: inhalation of gastric contents | accident | The parents were drug addicts, lived in a shared flat with a number of people. |
M | 1 | J 15: Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified | disease | On several occasions, the mother was drinking alcohol when home alone with the child. According to a friend, she smothered the child with a pillow. She was later accused of beating the next child and was imprisoned. |
F | 10 | A09: Diarrhea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin | disease | Mother was HIV+ and a drug addict. According to the forensic autopsy protocol, she could have killed the baby (not enough evidence to state that in the diagnosis). |
M | 4 | R 95: sudden infant death syndrome | disease | Mother had lues (the child had congenital lues) and a psychiatric disorder. Father had alcohol problems. The child had convulsions at home, the ambulance was called, and on arrival, they found the child dead. |
F | 2 | J 15: Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified | disease | Mother had 4 older children. Lived in a shabby household. Left the child who later died under the care of older children, who fed her, and the baby aspirated food. |
M | 5 | W 78: inhalation of gastric contents | accident | The child was born at home. Mother was a drug addict. Both parents had alcohol problems. The household was shabby and dirty. Older children had been taken to care (removed from parents). |
M | 4 | G00: Bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified | disease | The child was hit in the face, had a broken rib, was at home with mother's partner. |