Revisiting Factors Influencing Under-Five Mortality in India: The Application of a Generalised Additive Cox Proportional Hazards Model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the implementation of various preventive measures, India continues to experience an alarmingly high under-five mortality rate (U5MR). The most recent nationwide data on U5MRs has provided an opportunity to re-examine the associated factors of U5MRs using advanced techniques. This study attempted to identify the associated determinants of U5MRs via the generalised additive Cox proportional hazards method.

Methods

This study analysed the fifth round of unit-level data for 213,612 children from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) to identify the risk factors associated with U5MRs, employing a generalised additive Cox proportional hazards regression analysis.

Results

The children who had a length of pregnancy of less than 9 months had a 2.621 (95

SUBMITTER: Khan MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11507100 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature