African Demography Working Paper Series
Title
The age pattern of infant and child mortality in Ngayokheme (rural West Africa)
Document Type
Working Paper
Date of this Version
October 1981
Abstract
The paper presents and discusses the age pattern of mortality observed in Ngayokheme (Sine Saloum, Senegal). It is compared to data of other developing areas and to model life tables. Mortality at ages 1 to 4 is shown to be much higher than anywhere else where data are available. Reasons for this pattern are investigated. Emphasis is given to the epidemiological pattern, especially to diarrheal diseases and malaria and to the seasonality of mortality.
Keywords
Africa, West Africa, Ngayokheme, Sine Saloum, Senegal, mortality, age, model life tables, epidemiological pattern, diarrheal diseases, malaria, seasonality of mortality, developing countries, infant mortality, childhood mortality, life tables, death rates, Keneba, Khanna study, Punjab, India, Bolivia, Amazon, Dombrea, France, Saint Trivier, deaths, causes of death, risk of death, births, breastfeeding, nutrition, infectious diseases, parasitic diseases
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Date Posted: 16 November 2007
This document has been peer reviewed.
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African Working Papers Series Working Paper No. 9 October 1981