ESTIMATING INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY IN IRAN, 1989

estimating infant and child mortality in iran, 1989

this paper presents estimates of infant and child mortality in the rural and urban areas of iran for 1989. data are from a one percent sample of the urban and rural population. the study makes use of data on the number of children born alive and children surviving, classified by age of the mother. based on these data estimates of infant and child mortality for the urban and the rural areas have...

Infant and Child Mortality

Since independence in 1947, Pakistan has experienced steady but modest declines in rates of mortality at all ages. Yet early childhood mortality remains high. The most recent source of child survival data before the 1990-91 PDHS was the multi-round Pakistan Demographic Survey (PDS), which estimated infant mortality at 110 per thousand live births for the 1984-88 period. The PDHS provides an opp...

Decline in Infant and Child Mortality.

We may not be able to make you love reading, but decline of infant and child mortality will lead you to love reading starting from now. Book is the window to open the new world. The world that you want is in the better stage and level. World will always guide you to even the prestige stage of the life. You know, this is some of how reading will give you the kindness. In this case, more books yo...

Infant and Child Mortality in Ethiopia

Child Health and Infant Mortality in Brazil

Child health is a central issue on the public policy agenda of developing countries. Several policies geared to improving child health have been implemented over the years, with varying degrees of success. In Brazil, such policies have led to a significant decline in infant mortality rates over the last 30 years. Despite this improvement, however, mortality rates are still high by international...

Infant mortality and child nutrition in Bangladesh.

The excess female infant mortality observed in South Asia has typically been attributed to gender discrimination in the intra-household allocation of food and medical care. However, studies on child nutrition find no evidence of gender differences. A natural explanation could be that in environments of high infant mortality of females, the surviving children are healthier, so that child nutriti...