Measles Survival and Predictors for Children Under Five in Central Ethiopia, 2024

924 medical records of children under five admitted with measles infection at Shone Primary Hospital in Hadiya Zone, Central Ethiopia. The data, collected by Temesgen Kelaye from July to August 2024, includes survival outcomes and predictors like vaccination status and complications.

Use Cases

• Predicting hospital stay duration based on patient characteristics like vaccination status and gender.
• Modeling survival risk factors for measles based on variables such as complication development and time to presentation.
• Analyzing the impact of vaccination on disease outcomes in a pediatric cohort.

Strengths

• 924 patient records with a clear outcome (82.7% recovered, 2.3% died).
• Includes 3849 person-days of follow-up with a calculated survival incidence density.
• Data is focused on a specific disease, age group, and geographic region.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is known, but the specific variables and their formats are not detailed in the metadata.
• Data is from a single hospital, which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Temesgen Kelaye via figshare.

Collection Method

Institution-based retrospective cohort study reviewing patient charts.

Time Range

Data extraction occurred from July 10, 2024, to August 20, 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 19:16:15; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Shone Primary Hospital, Hadiya Zone, Central Ethiopia.