Predictive model and determinants of under-five child mortality: evidence from the 2014 Ghana demographic and health survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, millions of children aged below 5 years die every year and some of these deaths could have been prevented. Though a global problem, under-five mortality is also a major public health problem in Ghana with a rate of 60 deaths per 1000 live births. Identification of drivers of mortality among children aged below 5 years is an important problem that needs to be addressed because it could help inform health policy and intervention strategies aimed at achieving the United Nations SDG Goal 3 target 2. The aim of this study is to develop a predictive model and to identify determinants of under-five mortality.

Method

The 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data was used in this study. Analyses were conducted on 5884 children. The outcome variable is child s

SUBMITTER: Aheto JMK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6332681 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature