Exploring variations in under-5 mortality in Nigeria using league table, control chart and spatial analysis | Zendy

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Exploring variations in under-5 mortality in Nigeria using league table, control chart and spatial analysis

Author(s) -

Olalekan A. Uthman,

V. Aiyedun,

Ismail Yahaya

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdr050

Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , mortality rate , public health , child mortality , demography , geography , league table , environmental health , socioeconomics , medicine , sociology , population , economics , nursing , linguistics , classical economics , philosophy

Under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) is the probability of a child born in a specific year or period dying before reaching the age of 5. Nigeria has a high rate of U5MR and accounts for a significant proportion of the high U5MR in sub-Sahara Africa. There are differences in health and social practice in the different states in Nigeria, coupled with the differences in developmental priorities of each State government. There is therefore the need to identify the states with high and low U5MR, to further explore the risk factors and make recommendations for planning. This study investigates variation in U5MR in Nigeria using Shewhart's theory of variation and control charts.

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