Early-Neonatal, Late-Neonatal, Postneonatal, and Child Mortality Rates Across India, 1993-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The global success of the child survival agenda depends on how rapidly mortality at early ages after birth declines in India, and changes need to be monitored to evaluate the status.

Objective

To understand the disaggregated patterns of decrease in early-life mortality across states and union territories (UTs) of India.

Design, setting, and participants

Repeated cross-sectional data from the 5 rounds of the National Family Health Survey conducted in 1992-1993, 1998-1999, 2005-2006, 2015-2016, and 2019-2021 were used in a representative population-based study. The study was based on data of children born in the past 5 years with complete information on date of birth and age at death. The analysis was conducted in February 2024.

Exposure

Time and geogr

SUBMITTER: Subramanian SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11087840 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature