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Empirical Analysis of Five Child-killer Diseases and Under-five Mortality in Adamawa State, Nigeria
Subject area: Science,Engineering and Technology · Area of research: Demography
Abstract
Under-Five Mortality rate refers to the probability a new-born would die before reaching exactly 5 years of age, expressed per 1,000 or 100,000 live births. The Five Child-Killer Diseases used in this study are Pneumonia, Diarrhoea, Measles, Tetanus and Polio. The study used Ex post facto design with quantitative approach. A secondary data of the Five-Child Killer Diseases and Under-Five Mortality were obtained from the twenty-one (21) Local Government Primary Health Care Development Agency in Adamawa State between the periods of 2008 to 2022. The study measured the mortality rate due to the Five Child-Killer Diseases and its Cause-effect on the Overall Under-Five Mortality Irrespective of Diseases in the study area and then develop a model for future prediction. Based on the finding, the Overall Under-Five Mortality rate increases from 112 to 314 deaths per thousand live births between 2008 and 2012, followed by a sudden decrease from 261 to 90 deaths from 2013 to 2016 and then fluctuate throughout the rest of the period under review. Individually, the largest contributor of Under-Five Mortality among the Five Child-killer Diseases is Diarrhea with 89 deaths per thousand live births in 2011, followed by Measles with 39 deaths in the same year. The regression model revealed a positive and insignificant causal relationship between deaths due to Pneumonia, Diarrhoea and Measles on Overall Under-Five Mortality in the study area. The regression model also explained that; at zero deaths due to the Five Child-Killer Diseases, the Overall Under-Five Mortality is more than 105 deaths in the study area.
Keywords
Under-Five, Child-Killer, Mortality, Diseases, and Children
How to cite this paper
@article{1706011,
author = {Paul I. Dalatu, Asabe Ibrahim, Joshua A. Kwanamu},
title = {Empirical Analysis of Five Child-killer Diseases and Under-five Mortality in Adamawa State, Nigeria},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2024},
volume = {8},
number = {1},
pages = {86-93},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/17060111.pdf},
abstract = {Under-Five Mortality rate refers to the probability a new-born would die before reaching exactly 5 years of age, expressed per 1,000 or 100,000 live births. The Five Child-Killer Diseases used in this study are Pneumonia, Diarrhoea, Measles, Tetanus and Polio. The study used Ex post facto design with quantitative approach. A secondary data of the Five-Child Killer Diseases and Under-Five Mortality were obtained from the twenty-one (21) Local Government Primary Health Care Development Agency in Adamawa State between the periods of 2008 to 2022. The study measured the mortality rate due to the Five Child-Killer Diseases and its Cause-effect on the Overall Under-Five Mortality Irrespective of Diseases in the study area and then develop a model for future prediction. Based on the finding, the Overall Under-Five Mortality rate increases from 112 to 314 deaths per thousand live births between 2008 and 2012, followed by a sudden decrease from 261 to 90 deaths from 2013 to 2016 and then fluctuate throughout the rest of the period under review. Individually, the largest contributor of Under-Five Mortality among the Five Child-killer Diseases is Diarrhea with 89 deaths per thousand live births in 2011, followed by Measles with 39 deaths in the same year. The regression model revealed a positive and insignificant causal relationship between deaths due to Pneumonia, Diarrhoea and Measles on Overall Under-Five Mortality in the study area. The regression model also explained that; at zero deaths due to the Five Child-Killer Diseases, the Overall Under-Five Mortality is more than 105 deaths in the study area.},
keywords = {Under-Five, Child-Killer, Mortality, Diseases, and Children},
month = {July},
}