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Identifying New Age Patterns of Under-5 Mortality Using the Under-5 Mortality Database

Andrea Verhulst, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)
Julio E. Romero-Prieto, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Nurul Alam, ICDDR,B
Hallie Eilerts-Spinelli, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Daniel Erchick, Johns Hopkins University
Patrick Gerland, United Nations Population Division
Joanne Katz, Johns Hopkins University
Bruno Lankoande, Université de Ouagadougou
Li Liu, Johns Hopkins University
Gilles Pison, Muséum National D'histoire Naturelle
Georges Reniers, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Seema Subedi, Johns Hopkins University
Francisco Villavicencio, Johns Hopkins University
Michel Guillot, University of Pennsylvania & INED

This study brings new insights into the global diversity of the age pattern of under-five mortality. The novelty of our results relies on the newly-compiled Under-Five Mortality Database (U5MD) providing mortality information by detailed age groups, including daily, weekly, and monthly breakdowns. The fine granularity of these data allows the identication of age patterns as well as data quality issues that could not be seen previously in low- and middle-income countries. This new understanding of the age pattern of under-five mortality is necessary for detecting specific vulnerability of children at certain ages. The results will thus help guide health policy in low- and middle-income countries.

Keywords: Children and youth, Mortality, Methodology, Cross-country comparative analyses

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  Presented in Session 26. Infant and Child Mortality