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Abstract
A retrospective case–control study of children <5 years of age with diarrhoea was conducted at a hospital in southern Ethiopia. 21 cases (deaths) and 84 controls were studied. Severe dehydration, fever, pneumonia, acute and chronic malnutrition and age > 12 months were risk factors significantly associated with death. A simple score system to identify children at risk of dying is presented.