Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis

Up-to-date information on the causes of child deaths is crucial to guide global efforts to improve child survival. We report new estimates for 2008 of the major causes of death in children younger than 5 years. We used multicause proportionate mortality models to estimate deaths in neonates aged 0–2...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 375; no. 9730; pp. 1969 - 1987
Main Authors:	Black, Robert E, Cousens, Simon, Johnson, Hope L, Lawn, Joy E, Rudan, Igor, Bassani, Diego G, Jha, Prabhat, Campbell, Harry, Walker, Christa Fischer, Cibulskis, Richard, Eisele, Thomas, Liu, Li, Mathers, Colin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 05.06.2010 Elsevier Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Cause of Death - trends Child Child Mortality - trends Child, Preschool Cross-Cultural Comparison Epidemiology Female General aspects Health promotion Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infectious diseases Internal Medicine Internationality Malaria Male Medical sciences Miscellaneous Models, Statistical Mortality Neonates Public health Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Social Planning Statistical models Vector-borne diseases Vital Statistics Pakistan Nigeria China, People's Rep India Human Medicine 2008 Statistical analysis Mortality Cause Regional Child Epidemiology Public health
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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