Neo-natal mortality in South Asia
The special role of tetanus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4267026 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Celeste M Smucker, George B Simmons, Stan Bernstein (0000-0001-5116-3828), B D Misra |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 321-335 |
| Publication date | 1980-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00324728.1980.10410393 |
| PMID | 22077128 |
| OpenAlex | W4252261226 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 4 |
First-year mortality in rural Uttar Pradesh is characterized by a predominance (60 per cent) of deaths during the first month of life, of which 66 per cent are reported to be due to tetanus. This pattern is not typical of the historical experience of many developed countries and the current experience of some less developed countries where post-neo-natal mortality predominates. To examine this phenomenon, two causal models of neo-natal mortality (one for tetanus and one for all other diseases) are developed and tested using retrospective survey data from 2000 couples living in rural Uttar Pradesh. Neo-natal tetanus mortality is found to be primarily a function of opportunities for exposure to the disease (e.g. lack of antiseptic birth practices, ownership of large animals) rather than of socio-economic status or demographic variables. The importance of examining neo-natal mortality by cause, and the shortcomings inherent in making inferences from the historical experiences of Western nations are emphasized
Developing country · Economic growth · Ethnology · Geography · Mortality rate · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Sociology · South asia · Tetanus · Uttar pradesh · Vaccination · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Immunology · Medicine
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| Citations per year | 0.27 |
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| Citation span | 1982 - 2022 (41) |
| Highly cited | No |