| Autor: |
Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Beminate Lemma Seifu, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema, Misganaw Gebrie Worku, Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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| Zdroj: |
Archives of Public Health, Vol 80, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2049-3258 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s13690-022-00955-7 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Globally, infant mortality is a major public health concern and a sensitive indicator of countries' socio-economic and health status. Despite the substantial reduction of under-five mortality in sub-Saharan African countries specifically in East Africa, the infant mortality rate remains highest and too far below to achieve the WHO target. As to our search of the literature is concerned, there is a dearth of evidence on the incidence and predictors of infant mortality in East Africa. Therefore, this study investigated the incidence of infant mortality and its predictors in East Africa. Methods The present study has utilized 138,803 weighted samples from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs) of 12 East African countries. Considering the hierarchical nature of DHS data shared frailty parametric survival models were fitted and compared based on deviance (-2LLR), AIC, and BIC. Gompertz gamma shared frailty model was the best-fitted model for the data since it had the lowest deviance, AIC, and BIC values. Variables with a p-value |
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