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2020 • Proximate, intermediate, and distal predictors of under-five mortality in Chad: analysis of the 2014–15 Chad demographic and health survey data

Authors: Abdul-Aziz Seidu; John Elvis Hagan; Collins Adu; Ebenezer Kwesi Armah-Ansah; Ebenezer Agbaglo; Bright Opoku Ahinkorah; Sanni Yaya; Eugene Budu

Venue: BMC Public Health

Type: Publication

Abstract: Abstract Background Under-five mortality in Chad reached a minimum value of 119 deaths per 1000 live births in 2018, compared with a maximum of 250 in 1972. Despite this decline in the mortality trend, for every six children in Chad, one dies before the age of five. This study, therefore, investigated the proximate, intermediate, and distal determinants of under-five mortality in Chad. Methods We used data from the 2014–15 Chad's Demographic and Health Survey. Data of 7782 children below 5 years were used for the study. Both descriptive and m... (read more)

Topics: Demography

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09869-x

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