INTRODUCTION IT has been stated that, by means of the infant mortality rate, "the stage of evolution reached by any given population can be measured; it is a measure of

STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationships between education, social conditions, and mortality. DESIGN An ecological study relating several measures of mortality to local rates of educational attainment at age 15/16 years and scores on the Department of the Environment's index of local conditions. SETTING England and its 107 local education authority areas in 1991. MAIN RESULTS Educ...

INTRODUCTION Infant mortality rate (IMR) is an indicator of the health status of a population and of the quality of and access to health care services. In 2000, and within the framework of the Millennium Development Goals, Argentina committed to achieve by 2015 a reduction by two thirds of its 1990 infant mortality rate, and to identify and close inter-jurisdictional gaps. The objective of this...

OBJECTIVE To measure the socioeconomic inequality in infant mortality in Iran (the Islamic Republic of Iran). METHODS We analysed data from the provincially representative Demographic and Health Survey, which was done in Iran in 2000. We used a dichotomous hierarchical ordered probit model to develop an indicator of socioeconomic status of households. We assessed the inequality in infant mort...

The very unfavorable infant mortality ranking of the United States in international comparisons is often used to question the quality of health care there. Infant mortality rates, however, implicitly capture a complicated story, measuring much more than differences in health care across countries. This article examines reasons behind international infant mortality rate rankings, including varia...

We investigate trends in health human capital using data on infant mortality rates and adult heights for birth cohorts from 1960 to 1985 from 39 developing countries. In Sub-Saharan Africa, despite declining infant mortality rates, adult heights have not risen. We argue that childhood exposure to disease, and nutrition, have remained stagnant in Sub-Saharan Africa and the decline in infant mort...

A household survey was carried out to study infant and under-5 mortality in urban and rural areas of Faisalabad Tehsil. The overall infant mortality rate was 110.1 (per 1000 live births). The under-5 mortality rate was calculated as 158.6 (per 1000 live births). These rates were higher in rural areas than in urban areas. The infant as well as under-5 mortality rates for females were higher than...

BACKGROUND Infant death rate has declined over the past decades, yet remains high in Palestine. The topic of infant death is well researched and for the first time in Palestine. The objective of our study is to assess the level of awareness and health behaviour of mothers and how this behaviour has affected infant mortality. METHODS Person to person interviews were done with 550 mothers of in...

! Neonatal mortality (NN): the probability of dying within the first month of life. ! Postneonatal mortality (PNN): the difference between infant and neonatal mortality. ! Infant mortality (1q0): the probability of dying between birth and the first birthday. ! Child mortality (4q1): the probability of dying between exact ages one and five. ! Under-five mortality (5q0): the probability of dying ...