<p>This study was conducted to evaluate the attributable proportion and relative risks caused by inevitable exposure of humans particulate matter (PM2.5 PM10). The health impacts particulates in terms were modulated using AirQ+ software. Input data related particulates’ concentration, population collected from Environment Protection Department (EPD), Punjab Bureau Statistics Health Punjab...

The present study examines the trend and differentials in infant and child mortality among three mortality groups of states, which are grouped as low, medium and high mortality groups according to their level of under five mortality rates. The results indicate that the low mortality group of states are better placed in terms of housing conditions, fertility and the level of utilisation of mater...

BACKGROUND Colombia is one of the countries with the widest levels of socioeconomic and health inequalities. Bogotá, its capital, faces serious problems of poverty, social disparities and access to health services. A Primary Health Care (PHC) strategy was implemented in 2004 to improve health care and to address the social determinants of such inequalities. This study aimed to evaluate the cont...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the trend and spatial distribution of infant mortality from congenital malformations in Argentina between 2002 and 2006. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were provided by the Ministry of Public Health. Congenital malformations were classified according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision. Early neonatal, late neonatal and postneonatal infant mortality...

To compare the pattern of cause of death of infant mortality rates by urban/rural areas as well as to generate knowledge for potential strategies to decrease this mortality, we carried out a study by analyzing the infant mortality data from the Shenyang Women and Children Health Care Centre. From 1997 to 2014, 970,583 live births and 6510 infant deaths were registered. Infant mortality rates, p...

Elwood, J. H., and Pemberton, J. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 332. Infant mortality in Belfast. Data on all livebirths and infant deaths occurring to residents in Belfast 1963-5 and in Birmingham 1964 were analysed in order to examine possible reasons why the infant mortality rate in Belfast (29 *4 per 1000 livebirths) was higher than in Birmingham (21 4). The hypothesis that t...