Infant and child mortality in two counties of Liberia: results of a survey in 1988 and trends since 1984.
Int J Epidemiol
; 22 Suppl 1: S56-63, 1993.
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ABSTRACT
A baseline survey of childhood mortality in two counties of Liberia in 1984 found the risk of dying before age 5 to be almost one-third. Three years into the Combatting Childhood Communicable Diseases (CCCD) project, a survey using a pregnancy history questionnaire was conducted in the same clusters to determine if any change in mortality had occurred. Reinterviews were done in a subsample and pregnancies were matched from the two surveys to determine levels of missing events. After adjustment for omission, infant mortality was estimated at 180 per 1000, a 25% decline from the estimated 1984 level. Childhood mortality declined by an estimated 28%. Tabulations of death by reported cause using a verbal autopsy questionnaire showed that the risks of neonatal tetanus and fever associated deaths declined significantly. These reductions might have been a direct result of programme activities which were shown by a marked increase in tetanus toxoid immunization and access to antimalarial drugs in the study area.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Mortalidade Infantil
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Doenças Transmissíveis
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Epidemiol
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article