in a survey of the population of behbahan city, carried out in years 1990-91, the mean age was approximated up to 15.2 and 17.5 in the villages and the city, respectively. furthermore, about 27.4% and 27.9% of the corresponding populations were under 5 years of age. the birth rate in the urban and rural areas was about 31.2 and 33.3 per thousand live births. mortality rate related to the immatu...

introduction: child mortality indices are key element that reflects health status of societies and inform policy makers to take suitable policies to reduce them. this study was performed to examine the main determinants of under-5 mortality rate (u5mr) in oecd countries in two cross-sections, 2010 and 2013, and the results of them was compared. material and methods: this was a cross- sectional ...

health can affects human abilities, functions and even his life quality, and hence has important role in determination of human capital through production processes. the aim of this study is to examine the effect of income inequality on selected health indices in iran during 1976-2007. in this study an attempt has been made to analyze the relationship between income inequality and the both of l...

in july 2003, the bellagio study group on child survival estimated that the lives of 6 million children could be saved each year if 23 proven interventions were universally available in the 42 countries re-sponsible for 90% of child deaths in 2000. the aim of this study was to determine frequency of important causes of mortality among under-5 year old children in hospitals, tehran, iran. inform...

Introduction: Child mortality indices are key element that reflects health Status of societies and inform policy makers to take suitable policies to reduce them. This study was performed to examine the main determinants of under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) in OECD countries in two cross-sections, 2010 and 2013, and the results of them was compared. Material and Methods: This was a cross- sectional ...

Background Between 1990 and 2015, under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) declined by 53%, from an estimated rate of 91 deaths per 1000 live births to 43, globally. The aim of this study was to determine the share of health research systems in this decrease alongside other influential factors.   Methods We used random effect regression models including the ‘random intercept’ and ‘random intercept and ran...