Clustering of childhood mortality in rural Burkina Faso
Author(s) -
Osman Sankoh,
Yazoumé Yé,
Rainer Sauerborn,
Olaf Müller,
Heiko Becher
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/30.3.485
Subject(s) - scan statistic , public health , child mortality , demography , medicine , statistic , mortality rate , rural area , environmental health , ethnic group , infant mortality , geography , cohort , epidemiology , cohort study , population , statistics , pathology , mathematics , sociology , anthropology
Childhood mortality is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. For the implementation of efficient public health systems, knowledge of the spatial distribution of mortality is required.
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