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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Income and child mortality in developing countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Volume 106, No. 10, Year 2013
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Objective: We aimed to quantify the relationship betweennational income and infant and under-five mortality indeveloping countries.Design: We conducted a systematic literature search ofstudies that examined the relationship between incomeand child mortality (infant and/or under-five mortality)and meta-analysed their results.Setting: Developing countries.Main outcome measures: Child mortality (infant and /orunder-five mortality).Results: The systematic literature search identified 24 studies,which produced 38 estimates that examined the impactof income on the mortality rates. Using meta-analysis, weproduced pooled estimates of the relationship betweenincome and mortality. The pooled estimate of the relationshipbetween income and infant mortality before adjustingfor covariates is -0.95 (95% CI -1.34 to -0.57) and that forunder-five mortality is -0.45 (95% CI -0.79 to -0.11).After adjusting for covariates, pooled estimate of the relationshipbetween income and infant mortality is -0.33(-0.39 to -0.26) while the estimate for under-five mortalityis -0.28 (-0.37 to -0.19). If a country has an infant mortalityof 50 per 1000 live births and the gross domesticproduct per capita purchasing power parity increases by 10%, the infant mortality will decrease to 45 per 1000 livebirths.Conclusion: Income is an important determinant of childsurvival and this work provides a pooled estimate for therelationship. © The Royal Society of Medicine 2013.
Authors & Co-Authors
O'Hare, Bernadette A.M.
United Kingdom, St Andrews
University of st Andrews
Malawi, Zomba
University of Malawi
Makuta, Innocent F.
Malawi, Zomba
Chancellor College Malawi
Chiwaula, Levison Stanely
Malawi, Zomba
Chancellor College Malawi
Bar-Zeev, Naor
Malawi, Blantyre
Malawi-liverpool-wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
Statistics
Citations: 128
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/0141076813489680
ISSN:
01410768
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Approach
Systematic review