Neonatal, 1-59 month, and under-5 mortality in 597 Indian districts, 2001 to 2012: estimates from national demographic and mortality surveys

• Main Authors: Prof. Usha Ram, PhD (Author), Prof. Prabhat Jha, DPhil (Author), Prof. Faujdar Ram, PhD (Author), Kaushalendra Kumar, MPS (Author), Prof. Shally Awasthi, MD (Author), Anita Shet, MD (Author), Joy Pader (Author), Stella Nansukusa, MSc (Author), Prof. Rajesh Kumar, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: India has the largest number of child deaths of any country in the world, and has wide local variation in under-5 mortality. Worldwide achievement of the UN 2015 Millennium Development Goal for under-5 mortality (MDG 4) will depend on progress in the subregions of India. We aimed to esti...