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South African Medical Journal
... Objectives. To review recent infant mortality and birth registration data in South Africa
infant mortality and birth
registration data in South Africa and to investigate
geographical differences ..."
South African Medical Journal
... this underreporting was taken into account, the corrected infant mortality rate was 19,111 000 live births as opposed
are shown in
Table Ill.
Infant mortality rates
The infant mortality rate (IMR) for the Asian, coloured ..."
East African Medical Journal
... Background: Infant mortality remains high in many developing countries in which the contribution
2009
THE CONTRIBUTION OF VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT DEATHS TO INFANT MORTALITY
F. N. Were, MBChB, MMed, FNC ..."
South African Medical Journal
... Early neonatal, neonatal and post-neonatal mortality rates were systematically calculated
; 76: 49-52.
In a previous article, the spatial distribution of infant mortality
rates (IMRs) in South ..."
African Journal of Reproductive Health
... in an urban hospital in Ghana and gender differences in the burden of infant mortality. Births and deaths data
mortality. Births and
deaths data at the hospital were reviewed and analyzed. Results indicated infant ..."
Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences
... Infant mortality and its risk factors in Nigeria was investigated using Bayesian hierarchical
with the burden of infant mortality. In 2017,
the global IMR was given at 29 deaths per 1000 live
births, while ..."
Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
... BACKGROUND: Birth weight data are not routinely measured and recorded in Ethiopia and most
. In this study the infant mortality
rates varied according the birth weight of
the infant that ranged from ..."
African Journal of Health Economics
... Background: The high infant mortality rate (IMR) in Nigeria, in comparison to other African
Abstract
Background: The high infant mortality rate (IMR) in Nigeria, in comparison to other African ..."
South African Medical Journal
... in 2015 is estimated at 37 - 40 deaths per 1 000 live births, with an estimated infant mortality rate
in 2015 is estimated at 37 - 40 deaths per 1 000 live births, with an
estimated infant mortality rate ..."
African Journal of Economic Review
... was measured by three indicators which are infant mortality rate (less than one), infant mortality rate (less
FREDUURBNSGDPGHFTMPLE (8)
Where IMR1 is Infant Mortality Rate less than one, IMR5 is Infant ..."
South African Medical Journal
... . The recent neonatal mortality rate of 21 per 1 000 live births reported by the SA Demographic Health Survey
in SA
accounted for 44% of the infant mortality rate (27 per 1 000 live
births), and 32% of the under ..."
African Journal of Reproductive Health
... impact on life expectancy at birth for the current year. Also, the lagged value of infant mortality rate
while infant
mortality rate was 70.9 per 1000 live-births.
The average IMR in SSA for the period ..."
Pan African Medical Journal
... high maternal and infant deaths. Access to basic obstetric care for pregnant women and their unborn
and Infant Mortality Ratio (IMR) from 740
to 319/100,000 live births and 80 to 41 infant
deaths/ 1000 live ..."
South African Medical Journal
... in South Africa. Infant and child mortality rates of 79/1 000 and 81/1 000 were estimated for 1968-1974
RESEARCH NOTE
New estim.ates of infant and child mortality for blacks in
South Africa, 1968-1979 ..."
African Journal of Reproductive Health
... , track, and discover
clusters of mortality. At present, most birth registration
systems ..."
African Health Sciences
... Background: The under five mortality rate (U5MR) is measure of wellbeing and decreasing the U5MR
) which is the probability of
dying between exact age one and the fifth birth day and the
infant mortality ..."
Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
... . The trend of perinatal mortality rate has been stable between 90 and 40 per 1000 total births
of a
country (1, 10). Furthermore, neonatal mortality is
the major contributor to infant mortality rate ..."
Botswana Journal of Economics
... water sources and improved sanitary facilities. Health status was measured by infant mortality rate
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year per 1000 live births ..."
South African Medical Journal
... interventions for pneumonia and diarrhoea, which are now leading causes of under-5 mortality. SA embarked
(RMS) U5MR (RMS)
IMR (direct) NMR (direct VR)
Fig. 1. U5MR and infant mortality rate (IMR) from ..."
South African Journal of Bioethics and Law
... compromised. With an infant mortality rate of 28/1 000 live births, South Africa (SA) has passed the threshold
% in children
under five.
Significant reductions in the infant mortality
rate (IMR) and the underfive ..."
Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
... the practice of birth defect registration at Addis Ababa health facilities.
METHODS: We retrospectively checked
problems. Birth defects are a major contributor to infant mortality,
and the care might cost billions ..."
African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
... (MDG 4.1) and reducing infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births (MDG 4.2). However, the hope
1,000 live births 90 per 1,000 live births
4.2 Infant mortality rate (IMR) per 1,000 live births 88 ..."
Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
... based on verbal autopsy data.
Results: Neonatal and infant mortality rates were respectively 38 and 76.4
and infant mortality rates were respectively 38 and 76.4 per 1000 live births. The two most common
causes ..."
University of Mauritius Research Journal
... Purpose – From high fertility and mortality rates in the 1960’s, Mauritius has seen a demographic
Mortality rate (IMR) relates to the
number of deaths among infants under one year of age per 1000 live ..."
South African Medical Journal
... of mortality (numbers of deaths, life expectancy at birth, life expectancy at age 60, and infant, under-5
Females 18.4 17.5 16.9 16.4 15.5 14.8
U5MR = under-5 mortality rate; IMR = infant mortality rate.
16 ..."
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