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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Mortality of under-fives in a rural area of holoendemic malaria transmission
Acta Tropica, Volume 58, No. 1, Year 1994
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From January 1992 to December 1993, a total of 361 births and 243 deaths were recorded by village reporters in five villages in Muheza District, north eastern Tanzania. Among those aged less than one year 48 deaths were recorded, giving an infant mortality rate of 133 per 1000 live births (95% CI 97.9-168.0). There were 42 deaths among the censused population of 845 children aged 1-4 years (24.8/1000/year, 95% CI: 17.4-32.3). Verbal autopsy questionnaires were administered to parents or close relatives of 83 of the dead infants and children. From analysis of these, 30 of the deaths were tentatively attributed to malaria. The results are discussed in relation to other studies in East and West Africa and to the prospects for reducing mortality by use of insecticide impregnated bednets. © 1994.
Authors & Co-Authors
Salum, Fred M.
Tanzania, Tanga
Amani Research Centre
Wilkes, T. J.
Tanzania, Tanga
Amani Research Centre
Kivumbi, K.
Tanzania, Tanga
Amani Research Centre
Curtis, Christopher F.
Tanzania, Tanga
Amani Research Centre
Statistics
Citations: 34
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0001-706X(94)90119-8
ISSN:
0001706X
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Tanzania