MEASURE DHS - Infant and Child Mortality (English) 28

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Infant and Child Mortality (English)

Document Type: Comparative Reports
Publication Topic(s): Infant and Child Mortality
Language: English
Author(s): George Bicego and Omar B. Ahmad and Macro International Inc. Calverton, Maryland, USA
Publication Date: August 1996
Publication ID: CS20

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Front Matter (PDF, 662K)
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1 - Introduction (PDF, 170K)
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2 - Levels, Patterns, and Trends in Childhood (PDF, 867K)
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3 - Bio-demographic Differentials in Childhood Mortality (PDF, 885K)
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4 - Socioeconomic Differentials in Childhood Mortality (PDF, 1047K)
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5 - Conclusions (PDF, 444K)
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References (PDF, 313K)
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Appendix A - Calculations of Synthetic Cohort Probabilities of Death (PDF, 279K)
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Appendix B - Summary of DHS-I, DHS-II and DHS-III Surveys, 1985-1995 (PDF, 188K)

Abstract:

The aim of this report is to assist in the formulation of child health policy and the evaluation of programs intended to improve the well-being and survival prospects of young children. Levels, trends and differentials in childhood mortality are presented using DHS data collected in 20 countries over the period 1990-1994.