Trends, Age Patterns and Differentials in Childhood Mortality in Haiti (1960-1987)

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ID4266779
AuthorsGeorge Bicego, Anouch Chahnazarian (Johns Hopkins University), Kenneth Hill (Johns Hopkins University), Michel Cayemittes (University of Haiti)
Year1991
Volume45
Issue2
Pages235-252
Publication date1991-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0032472031000145416
PMID11622920
OpenAlexW1992343092
LanguageEN
Citations received5

This paper examines the trends, patterns and differentials in childhood mortality in Haiti between 1960 and 1987 with data from three surveys and one census. Data comparability is maximized by a series of adjustments, and both direct and indirect techniques are applied. The results indicate that a slow decline in childhood mortality has occurred since 1960 for the country as a whole. Neonatal survival has shown impressive gains, especially in rural Haiti. Post-neonatal mortality has not, however, declined at the same rate. Mortality between the ages of one and five years has declined at about the same pace as infant mortality, maintaining consistency with model patterns of mortality change. The overall national decline in child mortality appears to have consisted of two phases. The first occurred in rural Haiti during the late 1960s and early 1970s and was due largely to a fall in neonatal mortality. The second phase of the decline was concentrated in Port-au-Prince, and seems to have affected all ages of childhood

Census · Child mortality · Geography · Infant mortality · Mortality rate · Population · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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