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...

OBJECTIVE Sleeping on sofas increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome and other sleep-related deaths. We sought to describe factors associated with infant deaths on sofas. METHODS We analyzed data for infant deaths on sofas from 24 states in 2004 to 2012 in the National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths Case Reporting System database. Demographic and environmental ...

backgroundseveral studies have examined the relationship between human development index (hdi) and various health outcomes. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between hdi, and infant mortality rate, mortality rate of children under one year and under 5 years, maternal mortality rate, and total fertility rate.materials and methodsin this ecologic study, data on hdi, total ...

Infant mortality has declined in the United States because of advances in public health and clinical medicine. Birth defects are the leading cause of infant mortality, but infant mortality attributable to birth defects (IMBD) has not declined as rapidly as overall infant mortality. From 1968 to 1995, the proportion of IMBD increased from 14.5% to 22.2%. To help focus efforts to reduce IMBD, CDC...

Infant mortality serves as a major health indicator for both developed and developing countries. Currently, Alachua County, Florida carries an infant rate over third greater than the state average rate, with African American being double rate. This study explores expert attitudes opinions of those working in field maternal/infant related fields through in-depth interviews conducted via zoom/by ...

This issue reports selected results from a comprehensive study of infant and child mortality based on the National Family Health Survey data. The analysis distinguishes between neonatal, postneonatal, infant and child mortality since mortality and its causes vary considerably among children of different ages. Hazard regression analysis was used to estimate the effects of each individual varia...

infant mortality and morbidity present important challenges to those concerned with community health. we did this research to study epidemiology of diseases of infancy in city of tehran. during 15 days, of 6395 deliveries in tehran hospitals a cohort of 6267 live births entered this study. follow up data were gathered in 1st, 3rd, 6th and 12th months of birth. in this period, 5382 occurrence of...