Objectives—This report presents final 2008 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneo­ natal death are also presented. This report supplements the Division of Vital Statistics’ annual report of final mortality statistics. Methods—Data in this report are based on information from all death ce...

Objectives—This report presents final 2006 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, race, sex, and Hispanic origin. Leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death are also presented. This report supplements the annual report of final mortality statistics. Methods—Data in this report are based on information from all death certificates filed in the 50 state...

Introduction The newborn infant is in a 'critical epoch' of development. Nutritional deprivation may adversely affect not only the infant as a whole but also individual organs, notably the brain, leading to stunted physical and intellectual development [l]. In the surgical infant malnutrition is associated with increased morbidity and mortality; therefore, it is important that nutritional integ...

conclusions human development index is one of the best indicators and predictors to perceive healthcare inequities. worldwide improvement of these indicators, especially the education level, might promote infant life expectancy and decrease infant mortality. background infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births) is a vital index to monitor the standard of health and social inequality which is ...

background : this study aimed to analysis the inequalities of mortality of children under 5 years in west africa by examining the determinants and contributing factors to the overall inequality concentration in these countries. method : data used came from the dhs surveys conducted in the six countries in west africa: burkina faso (2010), benin (2006), cote d'ivoire 2011), ghana (2008), mali (2...

Background Infant mortality rate is widely used to assessing the health status of population in both developing and developed countries. The aim of this study was to identify the main factors affect infant mortality rate in ECO countries for the years 2005 to 2012. Methods A panel data model from ECO countries from 2005 to 2012 used to identify the some of key explanatory variables (GDP per cap...

OBJECTIVES To determine the causes and risk factors of infant mortality. METHODS The population-based case-control study in 2011 comprised infants under one-year-old who had died at Ali-ebn-Abitaleb Hospital in Zahedan, Iran, during 2011 who were taken as the case group, while infants selected randomly through multistage sampling from various health centres formed the control group. Data were...

BACKGROUND The Countdown to 2015 for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Survival initiative monitors coverage of priority interventions to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for reduction of maternal and child mortality. We aimed to report on 68 countries which have 97% of maternal and child deaths worldwide, and on 22 interventions that have been proven to improve maternal, newborn, and ...

Abstract Background Infant mortality is considered an important and sensitive health indicator in several countries, especially underdeveloped developing countries. Most of the factors influencing infant are interrelated result social issues. Therefore, this study performed investigation influence MHDI maternal education on a capital extreme south Brazil. Methods It retrospective cohort with da...

To examine trends in incidence of multiple births (MB) and their survival in infancy, we used population-based, longitudinal data derived from the Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Matlab, Bangladesh, from 1975 to 2002. Logistic regression was applied to determine the impact of a number of variables on mortality among MB in the first year of life. MB averaged 2% of all live births, ...