Survived infancy but still vulnerable: spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for child mortality in the Agincourt rural sub-district, South Africa, 1992-2007

Survived infancy but still vulnerable: spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for child mortality in the Agincourt rural sub-district, South Africa, 1992-2007

Targeting of health interventions to poor children at highest risk of mortality are promising approaches for enhancing equity. Methods have emerged to accurately quantify excess risk and identify space-time disparities. This provides useful and detailed information for guiding policy. A spatio-tempo...

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Main Authors: Benn Sartorius, Kathleen Kahn, Mark A. Collinson, Penelope Vounatsou, Stephen M. Tollman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2011-05-01
Series:Geospatial Health
Subjects:
Bayesian inference, autoregressive, geostatistical data, child mortality, kriging, survival, Bernoulli or logistic, spatio- temporal model, health and demographic surveillance, mortality, South Africa
Online Access:http://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/181

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