TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute respiratory illness incidence and death among children under two years of age on Lombok Island, Indonesia
AU - Sutanto, Agustinus
AU - Gessner, Bradford D.
AU - Djlantik, Igg
AU - Steinhoff, Mark
AU - Murphy, Helen
AU - Nelson, Carib
AU - Widjaya, Anton
AU - Arjoso, Soemarjati
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - No childhood pneumonia incidence data for Indonesia exist, and few data exist for Asia as a whole. From February 1, 1998, to January 31, 1999, we conducted acute respiratory illness (ARI) surveillance among children < 24 months of age in 50 mainly rural villages on Lombok Island, Indonesia. The total number of child-years at risk during the study period was 17,015. The documented incidences of simple, severe, hospitalized, and radiologically confirmed alveolar pneumonia were 21, 8.3, 5.3, and 1.8 per 100 child-years of observation, respectively. For all outcomes, the incidence was higher among younger and rural children. All cause and ARI-specific infant mortality rates were 84 and 33 per 1,000 live births, respectively. More than 65% of deaths due to ARI occurred outside of a hospital setting. The incidence of pneumonia is high in Lombok. Interventions should include introducing vaccines to prevent infections leading to pneumonia and increasing the access of critically ill infants to the health care system.
AB - No childhood pneumonia incidence data for Indonesia exist, and few data exist for Asia as a whole. From February 1, 1998, to January 31, 1999, we conducted acute respiratory illness (ARI) surveillance among children < 24 months of age in 50 mainly rural villages on Lombok Island, Indonesia. The total number of child-years at risk during the study period was 17,015. The documented incidences of simple, severe, hospitalized, and radiologically confirmed alveolar pneumonia were 21, 8.3, 5.3, and 1.8 per 100 child-years of observation, respectively. For all outcomes, the incidence was higher among younger and rural children. All cause and ARI-specific infant mortality rates were 84 and 33 per 1,000 live births, respectively. More than 65% of deaths due to ARI occurred outside of a hospital setting. The incidence of pneumonia is high in Lombok. Interventions should include introducing vaccines to prevent infections leading to pneumonia and increasing the access of critically ill infants to the health care system.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.66.175
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.66.175
M3 - Article
C2 - 12135290
AN - SCOPUS:0036314539
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 66
SP - 175
EP - 179
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 2
ER -