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Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017
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Abstract
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| Since 2000, many countries have achieved considerable success in improving child survival, but localized progress remains unclear. To inform efforts towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3.2-to end preventable child deaths by 2030-we need consistently estimated data at the subnational level regarding child mortality rates and trends. Here we quantified, for the period 2000-2017, the subnational variation in mortality rates and number of deaths of neonates, infants and children under 5 years of age within 99 low- and middle-income countries using a geostatistical survival model. We estimated that 32% of children under 5 in these countries lived in districts that had attained rates of 25 or fewer child deaths per 1,000 live births by 2017, and that 58% of child deaths between 2000 and 2017 in these countries could have been averted in the absence of geographical inequality. This study enables the identification of high-mortality clusters, patterns of progress and geographical inequalities to inform appropriate investments and implementations that will help to improve the health of all populations. |
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Language
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English
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Nature. - London, 1869, currens
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Publication
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London
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MacMillan
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2019
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ISSN
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
[online]
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DOI
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10.1038/S41586-019-1545-0
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574
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(2019)
, p. 353-372
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ISI
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000490988300055
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31619795
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Full text (open access)
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