Under-5 Mortality in Tanzania: a demographic scenario
| dc.contributor.author | Appunni, Sathiya Susuman | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hamisi, Hamisi F. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-25T10:02:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-11-25T10:02:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: The government of the United Republic of Tanzania has initiated the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness program to improve the health and wellbeing of children. Methods: Tanzania’s under-five mortality rate is still 1.7 times higher than the world average and, in order to achieve its Millennium Development Goal 4 target, its annual reduction rate is quite low at 2.2. The main aim of the study is to examine under-five mortality combined with the Data from the Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2008 data was used. Odds ratios for infant and under-five mortality were estimated using logistic regression; crude and adjusting models were adopted. Results: Mortality cases (18.3%) have been reported to children born with an interval of <24 months. Mothers with no education reported 14.6%, primary education mothers reported 11.1% and higher education reported only 5.3% (P<0.001). Therefore, maternal education plays is a major role on fertility and infant and under-five mortality behavior. Conclusion: Maternal education also influences a mother’s behavior in her usage of available health services to improve the health of the children. Further in-depth analysis is immensely needed in this situation. | en_US |
| dc.description.accreditation | Web of Science | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Appunni, S.S. & Hamisi, H.F. (2012). Under-5 Mortality in Tanzania: a demographic scenario. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 41(12): 8-18 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2251-6085 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/854 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.privacy.showsubmitter | false | |
| dc.publisher | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | en_US |
| dc.rights | © 2012 Appunni & Hamisi; licensee Tehran University of Medical Sciences. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
| dc.status.ispeerreviewed | true | |
| dc.subject | Mortality rate | en_US |
| dc.subject | Under-5 mortality | en_US |
| dc.subject | Child mortality | en_US |
| dc.subject | Infant mortality | en_US |
| dc.subject | Birth interval | en_US |
| dc.title | Under-5 Mortality in Tanzania: a demographic scenario | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |