Causes of Early Childhood Deaths in Urban Dhaka, Bangladesh

Amal K Halder, Emily S Gurley, Aliya Naheed, Samir K Saha, W Abdullah Brooks, Shams El Arifeen, Hossain M S Sazzad, Eben Kenah and Stephen P Luby

PLOS ONE, 2009, vol. 4, issue 12, 1-7

Abstract: Data on causes of early childhood death from low-income urban areas are limited. The nationally representative Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2007 estimates 65 children died per 1,000 live births. We investigated rates and causes of under-five deaths in an urban community near two large pediatric hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh and evaluated the impact of different recall periods. We conducted a survey in 2006 for 6971 households and a follow up survey in 2007 among eligible remaining households or replacement households. The initial survey collected information for all children under five years old who died in the previous year; the follow up survey on child deaths in the preceding five years. We compared mortality rates based on 1-year recall to the 4 years preceding the most recent 1 year. The initial survey identified 58 deaths among children

Date: 2009
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