Communicable disease mortality trends and characteristics of infants in rural China, 1996-2015.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:More attention should be paid to communicable disease-specific infant mortality rate (CD-IMR) in rural China. However, few studies have examined specific geographic patterns and trends in CD-IMR in these areas. Our aims were to assess the epidemiological distribution and trends in CD-IMR in rural China for the period 1996-2015. METHODS:We used data from China's Under-5 Child Mortality Surveillance System (U5CMSS). The time trends in communicable disease-specific IMR (CD-IMR) were assessed by Poisson regression model, and the proportion of total infant deaths due to communicable disease was assessed by the Cochran Armitage trend test. Differences in CD-IMR among and within geographic regions were assessed for significance using the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test. RESULTS:The overal

SUBMITTER: Wang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7137429 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature