Infant mortality rateCox proportional hazard modelAntenatal careAnemiaPurpose - The aim of this paper is to examine biological, maternal and socioeconomic determinants of infant mortality in Sierra Leone. Design/methodology/approach - It uses an analytical framework and Cox proportional hazards regression...
Sierra Leone has seen some improvements in neonatal mortality over the past decade. In 2008, the rate stood at a concerning 48.6 deaths per 1,000 live births. By 2019, this number had decreased to 29.6 deaths per 1,000 live births [8]. However, these national averages mask substantial di...
The same methods suggest that the crude death rate for Sierra Leone in 1974 was between 27 and 31 per 1000. Regional variations in infant mortality were marked. Greater Freetown has the highest life expectancy for both sexes. 34% of total deaths occurs to children under 1 year and 51% to...
The study, which is based on data from a household level health survey conducted in early 1993 in the rural areas of the districts of Western Area and Port Loko of Sierra Leone, examines the coverage of an Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), infant and child mortality, and disease sympt...
Still, one in seven Sierra Leonean children dies before reaching age five. For the most recent five-year period before the survey (approximately calendar years 2003 to 2008), the infant mortality rate was 89 deaths per 1,000 live births and the under-five mortality rate was 140 deaths per...
and religious affiliations, and current place of residence), socio-economic (wife's education and occupation, and husband's education), and demographic (wife's current age, age at first marriage, desired family size, and infant-child mortality) variables on marital fertility in Sierra Leone. An...
A mortality survey, using verbal autopsy questionnaires, established an infant mortality rate of 74/1000 live births/year, a child mortality rate of 25/1000/year and a mortality rate for children under five years of 36/1000/year. The most common causes of death were malaria and malnutrition....
infant mortalitydesired fertilitySierra LeoneAfricaI18J13O12CHILD-MORTALITYOUTCOMES EVIDENCESierra Leone launched the Free Health Care Initiative, which abolished health user fees for pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under five years of age, in 2010. Combining data from the Demographic and...
The sex ratio at birth is [105 males/100 females, the adjusted total fertility rate is 6.501 children/woman, and the gross reproductive rate was 3.20. The death rate was 28/1000 population, the infant mortality rate was 225/1000, and life expectancy was 36 years. The proportion of ...
the infant mortality rate, for example, is 156 per 1000 live births, the second highest in the world, and life expectancy is 40 years. there are 3 types of hospitals in sierra leone鈥攇overnment, mission, and private. the government hospitals were decimated during the civil war, but they...