Health transitions in sub-Saharan Africa: overview of mortality trends in children under 5 years old (1950-2000)
OBJECTIVE: To reconstruct and analyse mortality trends in children younger than 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa between 1950 and 2000. METHODS: We selected 66 Demographic and Health Surveys and World Fertility Surveys from 32 African countries for analysis. Death rates were calculated by yearly period...
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| Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2006-06-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862006000600016&lng=en&tlng=en |