期刊
HEALTH & PLACE
卷 29, 期 -, 页码 95-103出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.06.003
关键词
Infant mortality; Child mortality; Under five mortality; Urban slums; Sub-Saharan Africa
资金
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [OPP1021893]
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation [2009-4051]
- Swedish International Cooperation Agency (SIDA) [2011-001578]
- Wellcome Trust [097146/Z/11/Z]
- USAID
- Wellcome Trust [097146/Z/11/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [OPP1021893] Funding Source: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Background: We describe trends in childhood mortality in Kenya, paying attention to the urban rural and intra-urban differentials. Methods: We use data from the Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys (KDHS) collected between 1993 and 2008 and the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS) collected in two Nairobi slums between 2003 and 2010, to estimate infant mortality rate (IMR), child mortality rate (CMR) and under five mortality rate (U5MR). Results: Between 1993 and 2008. there was a downward trend in IMR. CMR and U5MR in both rural and urban areas. The decline was more rapid and statistically significant in rural areas but nor in urban areas, hence the gap in urban rural differentials narrowed over time There was also a downward trend in childhood mortality in the slums between 2003 and 2010 from 83 to 57 for MR, 33 to 24 for CMR, and 113 to 79 for 1,15 MR, although the rates remained higher compared to those for rural and non slum urban areas in Kenya. Conclusions: The narrowing gap between urban and rural areas may be attributed to the deplorable living conditions in urban slums. To reduce childhood mortality, extra emphasis is needed on the urban slums. 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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