While pneumonia is known to be the top leading cause of child mortality, some other causes of both mortality and morbidity are listed below.
Top 10 leading causes of mortality — (1) heart diseases, (2) diseases of the vascular system, (3) malignant neoplasm, (4) pneumonia, (5) accidents, (6) all forms of TB, (7) chronic obstuctive pulmonary disease (COPD), (8) certain conditions in the perinatal period, (9) diabetes mellitus, and (10) nephritis/nephrotic syndrome/nephrosis.
Top 10 leading causes of morbidity — (1) pneumonia, (2) diarrhea, (3) bronchitis/bronchiolitis, (4) influenza, (5) hypertension, (6) TB respiratory, (7) heart diseases, (8) malaria, (9) chicken pox, and (10) measles.
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