Child mortality estimation: methods used to adjust for bias due to AIDS in estimating trends in under-five mortality.
In most low- and middle-income countries, child mortality is estimated from data provided by mothers concerning the survival of their children using methods that assume no correlation between the mortality risks of the mothers and those of their children. This assumption is not valid for populations...
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| description | In most low- and middle-income countries, child mortality is estimated from data provided by mothers concerning the survival of their children using methods that assume no correlation between the mortality risks of the mothers and those of their children. This assumption is not valid for populations with generalized HIV epidemics, however, and in this review, we show how the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) uses a cohort component projection model to correct for AIDS-related biases in the data used to estimate trends in under-five mortality. In this model, births in a given year are identified as occurring to HIV-positive or HIV-negative mothers, the lives of the infants and mothers are projected forward using survivorship probabilities to estimate survivors at the time of a given survey, and the extent to which excess mortality of children goes unreported because of the deaths of HIV-infected mothers prior to the survey is calculated. Estimates from the survey for past periods can then be adjusted for the estimated bias. The extent of the AIDS-related bias depends crucially on the dynamics of the HIV epidemic, on the length of time before the survey that the estimates are made for, and on the underlying non-AIDS child mortality. This simple methodology (which does not take into account the use of effective antiretroviral interventions) gives results qualitatively similar to those of other studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d5002e110854466082149d31a84e6bea2022-12-21T19:48:36ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Medicine1549-12771549-16762012-01-0198e100129810.1371/journal.pmed.1001298Child mortality estimation: methods used to adjust for bias due to AIDS in estimating trends in under-five mortality.Neff WalkerKenneth HillFengmin ZhaoIn most low- and middle-income countries, child mortality is estimated from data provided by mothers concerning the survival of their children using methods that assume no correlation between the mortality risks of the mothers and those of their children. This assumption is not valid for populations with generalized HIV epidemics, however, and in this review, we show how the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) uses a cohort component projection model to correct for AIDS-related biases in the data used to estimate trends in under-five mortality. In this model, births in a given year are identified as occurring to HIV-positive or HIV-negative mothers, the lives of the infants and mothers are projected forward using survivorship probabilities to estimate survivors at the time of a given survey, and the extent to which excess mortality of children goes unreported because of the deaths of HIV-infected mothers prior to the survey is calculated. Estimates from the survey for past periods can then be adjusted for the estimated bias. The extent of the AIDS-related bias depends crucially on the dynamics of the HIV epidemic, on the length of time before the survey that the estimates are made for, and on the underlying non-AIDS child mortality. This simple methodology (which does not take into account the use of effective antiretroviral interventions) gives results qualitatively similar to those of other studies.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3429377?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Neff Walker Kenneth Hill Fengmin Zhao Child mortality estimation: methods used to adjust for bias due to AIDS in estimating trends in under-five mortality. PLoS Medicine |
| title | Child mortality estimation: methods used to adjust for bias due to AIDS in estimating trends in under-five mortality. |
| title_full | Child mortality estimation: methods used to adjust for bias due to AIDS in estimating trends in under-five mortality. |
| title_fullStr | Child mortality estimation: methods used to adjust for bias due to AIDS in estimating trends in under-five mortality. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Child mortality estimation: methods used to adjust for bias due to AIDS in estimating trends in under-five mortality. |
| title_short | Child mortality estimation: methods used to adjust for bias due to AIDS in estimating trends in under-five mortality. |
| title_sort | child mortality estimation methods used to adjust for bias due to aids in estimating trends in under five mortality |
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