Determinants of mortality among children in the urban slums of Dhaka city, Bangladesh

Summary The growing slum population in the developing world is an increasing challenge for local health authorities. Little is known of the patterns of disease occurrence including treatment types offered in this population. The paper describes reported child mortality and its determinants, includin...

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Published in:Tropical medicine & international health 1999-11, Vol.4 (11), p.758-764
Main Authors: Hussain, Akhtar, Ali, S. M. Keramat, Kvåle, Gunnar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents - mortality
Age Distribution
Analysis. Health state
Bangladesh
Biological and medical sciences
Child
child mortality
Child, Preschool
Diarrhea - mortality
Epidemiology
Female
Fever - mortality
General aspects
Health Surveys
Humans
hygiene
Infant
Infant Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Male
Measles - mortality
Medical sciences
Odds Ratio
Poverty Areas
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Respiratory Tract Infections - mortality
Sex Distribution
slums
Socioeconomic Factors
Tetanus - mortality
Tropical medicine
Urban Health
vaccination
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Summary:Summary The growing slum population in the developing world is an increasing challenge for local health authorities. Little is known of the patterns of disease occurrence including treatment types offered in this population. The paper describes reported child mortality and its determinants, including the main diseases affecting children and treatments, in the slum population of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. 1500 households in three slum communities were included in a cross‐sectional survey. Reported death rates in the households per 1000 children (0–107 months) within the last year from the interview were 20.5 for boys and 27.0 for girls. More girls than boys died in infancy (age 
ISSN:1360-2276
1365-3156
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00485.x