Mortality from congenital abnormality in Malaysia 1991-1997: the effect of economic development on death due to congenital heart disease
Ho, J.J.
Medical journal of Malaysia 56(2): 227-231
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5283 PMID: 11771084 Document Number: 530820
An analysis was done of available data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia, on the type of congenital abnormality contributing to death, to determine whether progress in health care over recent years was associated with any decline in mortality from congenital abnormality. A significant decline in death due to congenital abnormality was observed between 1991 and 1996. This was attributable to a decline in deaths due to congenital heart disease occurring because of improvements in cardiac surgical services for infants. In 1997 death due to congenital heart disease increased significantly. This could be attributed to improvements in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease in the neonate.