Under five and infant mortality in Chile (1990-2016): Trends, disparities, and causes of death

Disparities in Under-Five Child Injury Mortality between Developing and Developed Countries: 1990–2013

OBJECTIVE Using estimates from the 2013 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, we update evidence on disparities in under-five child injury mortality between developing and developed countries from 1990 to 2013. METHODS Mortality rates were accessed through the online visualization tool by the GBD study 2013 group. We calculated percent change in child injury mortality rates between 1990 and 2...

4. Infant and Under-five Mortality

4.1 Achieving low rates of infant and under-five mortality is of central importance for social well-being and human development. Sri Lanka has been extraordinarily successful in reducing its infant and child mortality rates over the last half-century. Indeed, over the period 1946-2000, Sri Lanka has been one of the most successful developing countries in the world in terms of infant and child m...

Trends and determinants of infant and under-five childhood mortality in Vietnam, 1986–2011

Background Although Vietnam has taken great efforts to reduce child mortality in recent years, a large number of children still die at early age. Only a few studies have been conducted to identify at-risk groups in order to provide baseline information for effective interventions. Objective The study estimated the overall trends in infant mortality rate (IMR) and under-five mortality rate (U5MR...

Investigating the Causes of Infant Mortality

Sur une periode de un an (mars 1974 :1 mars 1975) 572 enfants ont ete hospitalises dans le service de pedia­trie du C.H.U. LOGMANDOLEH ADHAM, de l'Univer­site Nationale d'lran. a Teheran. 69 deces ont ete consta­tes (] 3 "{, des malades admis) dont les 3/4 concernaient les enfants ages de moins de 24 mois, l'autopsie a ete effec­tuce chez 73,8';{, des enfants decedes dans le service. En­viron 4...

Levels and trends in under-5 mortality, 1990-2008.