Small area estimation of under-5 mortality in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chad, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zambia using spatially misaligned data

Small area estimation of under-5 mortality in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chad, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zambia using spatially misaligned data

Abstract Background The under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) is an important metric of child health and survival. Country-level estimates of U5MR are readily available, but efforts to estimate U5MR subnationally have been limited, in part, due to spatial misalignment of available data sources (e.g., use of...

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Main Authors: Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Ellen R. Squires, Stephanie Teeple, Gloria Ikilezi, D. Allen Roberts, Danny V. Colombara, Sarah Katherine Allen, Stanley M. Kamande, Nicholas Graetz, Abraham D. Flaxman, Charbel El Bcheraoui, Kristjana Asbjornsdottir, Gilbert Asiimwe, Ângelo Augusto, Orvalho Augusto, Baltazar Chilundo, Caroline De Schacht, Sarah Gimbel, Carol Kamya, Faith Namugaya, Felix Masiye, Cremildo Mauieia, Yodé Miangotar, Honoré Mimche, Acácio Sabonete, Haribondhu Sarma, Kenneth Sherr, Moses Simuyemba, Aaron Chisha Sinyangwe, Jasim Uddin, Bradley H. Wagenaar, Stephen S. Lim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2018-08-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
Subjects:
U5MR
Small area estimation
Subnational
Geographic disparities
Inequalities
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12963-018-0171-7

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