Under-five mortality in high focus states in India: a district level geospatial analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This paper examines if, when controlling for biophysical and geographical variables (including rainfall, productivity of agricultural lands, topography/temperature, and market access through road networks), socioeconomic and health care indicators help to explain variations in the under-five mortality rate across districts from nine high focus states in India. The literature on this subject is inconclusive because the survey data, upon which most studies of child mortality rely, rarely include variables that measure these factors. This paper introduces these variables into an analysis of 284 districts from nine high focus states in India.

Methodology/principal findings

Information on the mortality indicator was accessed from the recently conducted Annual Health Su

SUBMITTER: Kumar C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3356406 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature