Rates of infant death are one of the most common indicators of a population's overall health status. Infant mortality rates (IMRs) are used to make broad inferences about the quality of health care, effects of health policies and even environmental quality. The purpose of our study was threefold: i) to examine the characteristics of births in the area in relation to gestational age and birthwei...

BACKGROUND We describe trends in childhood mortality in Kenya, paying attention to the urban-rural and intra-urban differentials. METHODS We use data from the Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys (KDHS) collected between 1993 and 2008 and the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS) collected in two Nairobi slums between 2003 and 2010, to estimate infant mortality rat...

OBJECTIVES This report presents 1999 period infant mortality statistics from the linked birth/infant death data set (linked file) by a variety of maternal and infant characteristics. METHODS Descriptive tabulations of data are presented. RESULTS In general, mortality rates were lowest for infants born to Chinese and Japanese mothers (2.9 and 3.4 per 1,000, respectively). Infants of Cuban, C...

Globally, child mortality rates have been halved over the last few decades, a developmental success story. Nevertheless, progress has been uneven and in recent years mortality rates have increased in some countries. The present study documents the slowing decline in infant mortality rates in india; a departure from the longer-term trends. The major causes of childhood mortality are also reviewe...

OBJECTIVE To address the issue of infant mortality as an important health indicator, we systematically analyzed trends in infant mortality in five central and eastern European (CEE) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia). METHODS Infant mortality rates (per 1,000 live births) and trends were computed using the World Health Organization database, as well as sele...

A peculiarity that may be noted in the case of the Khulna District is that, though it is far less malarious than other districts in Bengal, such as Burdwan, Jessore, Hooghly, Nadia, etc., and, as a rule, has a smaller adult mortality than those districts, yet, from the point of view of infant mortality, it takes a higher place than most. In this respect Khulna resembles Bankura district. As reg...

During the last 30 years infant mortality in Greece has been falling dramatically. In 1960 of every 100 newly born infants, four died before their first birthday. By 1970 the rate had fallen to 3°/o, in 1980 it was 1-8%, and by 1987 infant mortality had come down to less than 1 2%. As the table shows, large reductions in infant mortality in Greece have occurred at a remarkable speed: within no ...

OBJECTIVES To compare two population-based birth cohorts to assess trends in infant mortality rates and the distribution of relevant risk factors, and how these changed after an 11-year period. METHODS Data from two population-based prospective birth cohorts (1982 and 1993) were analyzed. Both studies included all children born in a hospital (> 99% of all births) in the city of Pelotas, South...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the variation of infant mortality as per condition of life in the urban setting. METHODS Ecological study performed with data regarding registered deaths of children under the age of one who resided in Aracaju, SE, Northeastern Brazil, from 2001 to 2010. Infant mortality inequalities were assessed based on the spatial distribution of the Living Conditions Index for each nei...

OBJECTIVE To present data from a 2008 infant mortality survey conducted in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and analyse infant mortality trends among Palestine refugees in 1995-2005. METHODS Following the preceding birth technique, mothers who were registering a new birth were asked if the preceding child was alive or dead, the day the child was born...