1. Levels, trends, differentials and causes of child mortality-a survey.
- Author
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Dyson T
- Subjects
- Accidents, Africa, Asia, Australia, Child, Preschool, Congenital Abnormalities mortality, Deficiency Diseases mortality, Developing Countries, Educational Status, Europe, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant Nutrition Disorders mortality, Influenza, Human mortality, Jamaica, Latin America, Male, New Zealand, North America, Pneumonia mortality, Rural Population, Socioeconomic Factors, South America, Urban Population, Infant Mortality
- Abstract
This paper attempts to give an overview of current levels of child mortality prevailing in the world. It also examines trends and socioeconomic differentials in child mortality for selected countries and regions of the world. Lastly it reviews data on causes of child death and related environmental factors. The paper concludes that despite the fact that child deaths are frequently avoidable, mortality differentials between the developed and developing regions of the world are more pronounced in childhood (ages one to under five years) than at any other time of life. While some developing countries have substantially reduced the level of mortality in childhood, in others it remains very high. In contrast, in most developed countries child death rates are now so low, that they no longer serve as useful measures of public health.
- Published
- 1977