The age pattern of infant and child mortality in Ngayokheme (rural West Africa)
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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
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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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.
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1981-10-01
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African Working Papers Series Working Paper No. 9 October 1981