Estimating pneumonia deaths of post-neonatal children in countries of low or no death certification in 2008.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pneumonia is the leading cause of child deaths globally. The aims of this study were to: a) estimate the number and global distribution of pneumonia deaths for children 1-59 months for 2008 for countries with low (<85%) or no coverage of death certification using single-cause regression models and b) compare these country estimates with recently published ones based on multi-cause regression models.

Methods and findings

For 35 low child-mortality countries with <85% coverage of death certification, a regression model based on vital registration data of low child-mortality and >85% coverage of death certification countries was used. For 87 high child-mortality countries pneumonia death estimates were obtained by applying a regression model developed from published

SUBMITTER: Theodoratou E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3178589 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature