Mortality patterns over a 10-year period in Kibera, an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, 2009-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reliable mortality data are important for evaluating the impact of health interventions. However, data on mortality patterns among populations living in urban informal settlements are limited.

Objectives

To examine the mortality patterns and trends in an urban informal settlement in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya.

Methods

Using data from a population-based surveillance platform we estimated overall and cause-specific mortality rates for all age groups using person-year-observation (pyo) denominators and using Poisson regression tested for trends in mortality rates over time. We compared associated mortality rates across groups using incidence rate ratios (IRR). Assignment of probable cause(s) of death was done using the InterVA-4 model.

Results

We registered

SUBMITTER: Oduor C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10392302 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature