Nutrition and Social Disadvantage as Risk Factors for Mortality Among School-Age Children: Regional Differences in Kazakhstan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the structure and regional variation in mortality among school-aged children in Kazakhstan from 2015 to 2024, and to determine its association with dietary patterns and socio-economic factors.

Materials and methods

An ecological inter-regional analysis was conducted using official statistical data of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Mortality rates among children aged 6-17 years, the distribution of death causes according to ICD-10, indicators of consumption of major food product groups, and poverty levels were examined. Linear mixed-effects regression with a random intercept for region and fixed effects for year and covariates, and spatial description of regional trends were applied.

Results

Variation in school-age mortality across regions and calendar

SUBMITTER: Yelzhanova Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12841260 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature