Mortality pattern of cardiovascular diseases in the medical wards of a tertiary health centre in a rural area of Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria.

Authors

  • Olarinde J Ogunmola Federal Medical Centre IdoEkiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
  • Antony O Akintomide Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v4i3.8030

Keywords:

Mortality, Hospital, Cardiovascular diseases, Nigeria

Abstract

Objective: To determine the basic demographic patterns of cardiovascular diseases, deaths, and the frequency of clinical causes of deaths in medical wards of a tertiary health centre in a rural area, south west Nigeria.

Materials and methods: Retrospective analysis of patients’ records admitted into the medical wards of Federal Medical Centre IdoEkiti, Ekiti State, South west Nigeria were conducted. The study subjects were patients of 16 years and above who died of cardiovascular diseases from January 2009 to December 2012. Data analysis was done using SPSS Version 16.

Results: A total of 681 patients with cardiovascular diseases were admitted in medical wards within the study period, of which 70 died with crude mortality rate of 10.3%. Male mortality were 30 (42.9%) and females 40 (57.1%) ratio 1:1.3. The age range was 25 – 100 years with mean of 66.4 + 16.3 years, with more deaths occurring in the elderly (72%). The most frequent cause of deaths was stroke (68.6%).

Conclusion: Females contributed the highest number of cardiovascular disease admission and crude mortality. Stroke was responsible for over half of cardiovascular deaths, and hypertension was the commonest aetiological factors of cardiovascular disease deaths.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v4i3.8030

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences 4(2013) 52-57

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Author Biographies

Olarinde J Ogunmola, Federal Medical Centre IdoEkiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

Consultant Physician and Cardiologist Department of Medicine

Antony O Akintomide, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State

Department of Medicine, Cardiology Unit

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Published

2013-06-20

How to Cite

Ogunmola, O. J., & Akintomide, A. O. (2013). Mortality pattern of cardiovascular diseases in the medical wards of a tertiary health centre in a rural area of Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 4(3), 52–57. https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v4i3.8030

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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2013)

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Original Articles

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