Disparities in child mortality trends in two new states of India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

India has the world's highest total number of under-five deaths of any nation. While progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4 has been documented at the state level, little information is available for greater disaggregation of child health markers within states. In 2000, new states were created within the country as a partial response to political pressures. State-level information on child health trends in the new states of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand is scarce. To fill this gap, this article examines under-five and neonatal mortality across various equity markers within these two new states, pre-and post-split.

Methods

Both direct and indirect estimation using pooled data from five available sources were undertaken. Inter-population disparities were evalua

SUBMITTER: Minnery M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3765884 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature