The mortality rates were lower than the national average, but the common causes of child deaths were similar. Since 1985, when the Universal Immunization Programme of India introduced routine measles vaccination, there has been a proportionate decline in child deaths unlike other parts of India. ...
(1995) developed a comprehensive index, the Index of Child Mortality. The Index was designed for monitoring the health status of children for longitudinal assessment and comparison between states. Using data on five indicators (under-five mortality rate, infant mortality rate, neonatal mortality rate...
We extend the commonly used hazard rate models by allowing covariates to have different impacts on mortality at different ages of the child. The model has a random-effects specification. In particular, we allow for two types of frailty, at the level of the family and at the level of the ...
NEONATAL MORTALITY: BURDEN OVER THE YEARS There has been a significant reduction in the quantum of neonatal and child deaths in the past two decades. The annual burden of neonatal deaths has reduced from 1.35 million in 1990 to 0.75 million in 2013 (Table 1).1,3 But the rate of decline ...
However, the inequality in female child mortality rates seems to have declined between 1991 and 2001, even as it increased – albeit at a slower rate than before – for male child mortality rates. In the decomposition analysis, it is found that while a more equitable distribution of medical ...
In spite of reductions in child mortality rate over the past two decades, the rate remains high at 87 per 1000 live births. The main causes are diarrhoea, pneumonia, and for deaths among the neonates asphyxia, pre-term delivery, sepsis and tetanus. The major underlying cause of death is ...
India has achieved a substantial decline in its infant mortality rate from 110 to 47 deaths per 1000 in the last two decades. But, in 2011 there were still 1·7 million deaths in children under-5 in India, accounting for 24% of global under-5 child deaths. On the one hand, per-capit...
The slowing down in child mortality decline in India has called for new approaches that go beyond diseaseprogramand sector – specific approaches. This paper provides an input to the debate about what, why and how to speed up the rate of decline and accelerate progress towards the child ...
Male child mortality was greater among mothers working away from home. Female child mortality was greater among mothers working at home. Lower total infant and child mortality in the south and east regions was due to lower female mortality. In the north mothers employment was not significantly ...
Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Bihar Rajasthan Chhatisgarh Odisha Assam Jharkhand 0 20 23 11 17 26 26 10 12 5 10 15 20 25 Neonatal mortality rate 30 Figure 3. Neonatal Mortality Rates by urban residence in selected states. Adapted with permission from Registrar General of India. Sample ...