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Cause-specific neonatal deaths in rural Bangladesh, 1987-2005: Levels, trends, and determinants

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  • Unnati Rani Saha
  • Arthur van Soest
  • Govert E. Bijwaard

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This paper reports on an analysis of neonatal mortality from communicable and non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh. The competing-risks model employed incorporated both observed and unobserved heterogeneity and allowed the two heterogeneity terms to be correlated. The data used came from the Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Matlab. The results confirm the conclusions of previous studies about the levels, trends, and causes of neonatal death in the Matlab area: the education of the mother helps protect her children from death from both communicable and non-communicable diseases; the children of a father in a low-status occupation are particularly vulnerable to death from communicable diseases; and children born to mothers aged less than 20 face a particularly high risk of dying from a non-communicable disease. The risks of dying from a communicable disease and from a non-communicable disease were both found to fall significantly as the distance to the nearest health centre decreased.

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  • Unnati Rani Saha & Arthur van Soest & Govert E. Bijwaard, 2014. "Cause-specific neonatal deaths in rural Bangladesh, 1987-2005: Levels, trends, and determinants," Population Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 68(3), pages 247-263, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpstxx:v:68:y:2014:i:3:p:247-263
    DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2014.902094
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    1. Rafi Amir-ud-Din & Sameen Zafar & Muhammad Muzammil & Rabia Shabbir & Summaira Malik & Muhammad Usman, 2022. "Exploring the Relationship Between Maternal Occupation and Under-Five Mortality: Empirical Evidence from 26 Developing Countries," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 34(5), pages 2373-2399, October.

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