COVID-19 MORTALITY CASES IN KUBANG PASU DISTRICT

Mohd Faiz Itam; Mohd Zukri  Ibrahim; Ku Saifullah  Ku Ismail; Mohd Ikhwan Ismail; Mohamad Affiz  Md Yusof

doi:10.37268/mjphm/vol.22/no.3/art.1675

Mohd Faiz Itam Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Mohd Zukri Ibrahim Kubang Pasu Health District Office, Malaysia.
Ku Saifullah Ku Ismail Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Mohd Ikhwan Ismail Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Mohamad Affiz Md Yusof Kubang Pasu Health District Office,Malaysia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37268/mjphm/vol.22/no.3/art.1675

Keywords: COVID-19 mortality, brought-in-dead, COVID-19 pneumonia, COVID-19 vaccine, health-seeking behavior

Abstract

COVID-19 has rapidly impacted on mortality worldwide. Early identification of COVID-19 cases in community at high risk of death can enhance patient treatment and resource allocation. The goal of this study is to identify the characteristics of COVID-19 mortality cases in Kubang Pasu districts in 2021. Data on mortality cases in the year 2021 in Kubang Pasu district were collected, extracted and analyzed. There are 210 (1.9%) mortality cases had been recorded in 2021 due to COVID-19 infection form 11019 COVID-19 cases in Kubang Pasu district. The mortality cases consist of 108(51%) female and 102(49%) male. The highest mortality cases involved the age group of more than 70 years old with 73 (34.8%) cases. The highest race was Malay 193(91.9%), followed by non-Malaysian(2.9%), Chinese 4(1.9%), Siamese 4(1.9%) and Indian 3(1.4%) respectively. Most of the mortality cases are unvaccinated 153 (72.9%). The most coomon cause of death is due to COVID-19 pneumonia with 205 (97.5%) cases. Majority of the cases were screen through symptomatic screening and close contact screening 86 (40.9%) cases and 52 (24.8%) respectively. Among the mortality cases, there are 22(10.5%) brought-in-death cases which 19 (86%) cases are Malay. Most of the brought-in-death cases are unvaccinated, 19 (86%) cases, incomplete vaccine 1 (5%) case and 2 (9%) cases completed vaccine. The highest number of mortality cases occur among those with age more than 70. It involved mostly among Malay race and they were unvaccinated. Lung complication is the main cause of death since most of the mortality cases passed away due to pneumonia. This high number of mortality and BID cases might be attributed to poor health-seeking behaviour among the Kubang Pasu population with COVID-19. Promotion activities about COVID-19 and vaccine should be strengthened further to improve the knowledge and actions towards COVID-19 in community.

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