Pneumonia Is Now Leading Cause Of Children’s Death In China

Pneumonia Is Now Leading Cause Of Children’s Death In ChinaA new research claimed that pneumonia is the major cause of death among Chinese kids.

According to the study report, pneumonia causes 17%of fatalities in under-5s.

But the total number of kids in China who die under the age of five has sank 70%since 1990 from 6.5%of live births to 1.9%.

The results of the study, released in the Lancet journal, were led by the University of Edinburgh.

Harry Campbell, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, said: "Within international health community, China has been a "black box" for the past several decades regarding the information on health problems of its large population, particularly for children and infants. We welcome their immense efforts in recent years to digitalize their health research reports produced during the 20th century by Chinese researchers.

"We have now learned that health research conducted in China has been of a very high quality. Our study will also bring attention to some neglected causes of child death, such as accidents and congenital abnormalities, on which we had hardly any information from other low and middle income countries," Prof. Harry added. (With Input from Agencies)