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10. Epidemiological Analysis of Infant Mortality in Rural Punjab of Pakistan
Rehan Ahmad Khan Sherwani1, Muhammad Ali Raza 2, Sajjad Haider Bhatti2, Muhammad Aftab2, Tanvir Ahmad2 and Malik Shahid Shaukat3
ABSTRACT
Objective: The objective of the present study was to determine the factors affecting the child mortality in Rural Punjab, Pakistan.
Study Design: Descriptive / observational study.
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore from 20th November 2016 to 15th April, 2017.
Materials and Methods: To assess the contribution of selected socio-economic and bio-demographic variables on child mortality in Rural Punjab, Pakistan, binary logistic regression for the PDHS (2006-07) data was used. For this, married women were selected; with total sample size 10466.
Results: Maternal occupation, maternal education, breastfeeding, sex of child, mass media, age at 1st birth, age at 1st marriage, cousin marriage, child is twin, preceding birth interval, birth order, number of family members, parental education, parental occupation and wealth index had significant effect on child mortality (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Increase in awareness of health care of infant and children among the people in rural areas are required.
New health centers should be established in rural areas to provide information about health care of children.
Preceding birth interval must be more than two years. Early age marriages should be condemned.
Key Words: Mortality, Morbidity, Odds Ratio, Logistic Regression
Citation of article: Sherwani RAK, Raza MA, Bhatti SH, Aftab M, Ahmad T, Shaukat MS. Epidemiological Analysis of Infant Mortality in Rural Punjab of Pakistan. Med Forum 2017;28(6):35-39.