Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey ... - Measure DHS

As expected, the level of infant and child mortality is highest among women with noeducation, decreasing with higher levels of education. For example, infant mortality is 85 deaths per1,000 live births for mothers with no education and 64 deaths per 1,000 live births for mothers withsecondary or higher education.Table 10.2 shows that mortality level is associated with wealth quintile. For instance, underfivemortality is 129 deaths per 1,000 live births for children in households in the lowest quintile and101 deaths per 1,000 live births for children in households in the highest quintile.Table 10.2 Early childhood mortality rates by socioe-conomic characteristicsNeonatal, postneonatal, infant, child, and under-five mortality rates for the 10-year periodpreceding the survey, by background characteristic, Tanzania HMIS 2007-08BackgroundcharacteristicNeonatalmortality(NN)Postneonatalmortality 1(PNN)Infantmortality( 1 q 0 )Childmortality( 4 q 1 )Under-fivemortality( 5 q 0 )ResidenceUrban 46 33 79 34 110Rural 29 41 70 45 112Mainland/ZanzibarMainland 32 40 72 43 112Mainland – Urban 47 34 81 35 113Dar es Salaam City 70 42 112 43 150Other Urban 39 31 70 32 99Mainland – Rural 29 42 70 45 112Zanzibar 31 23 54 26 79Unguja 36 19 55 18 72Pemba 23 29 52 39 89ZoneWestern 17 45 63 31 92Northern 29 33 63 31 92Central 43 35 78 54 128Southern Highlands 36 39 75 50 121Lake 23 45 68 56 120Eastern 58 45 103 46 145Southern 44 31 75 34 107Zanzibar 31 23 54 26 79Mother's educationNo education 33 51 85 49 129Primary incomplete 26 45 71 42 110Primary complete 33 34 67 42 106Secondary + 32 31 64 15 78Wealth quintileLowest 31 51 82 51 129Second 32 37 69 43 110Middle 26 41 67 47 111Fourth 32 36 68 37 103Highest 41 32 73 30 1011Computed as the difference between the infant and neonatal mortality rates10.3 DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENTIALS IN CHILDHOOD MORTALITYTable 10.3 presents differentials in childhood mortality by demographic characteristics ofmother and child. In general, during childhood, male mortality is higher than female mortality. Forexample, infant mortality for boys is 74 deaths per 1,000 live births compared with 70 deaths per1,000 live births for girls, and boys are more likely than girls to die during the neonatal period. On theother hand, girls are more likely to die during the postnatal period than boys.Infant and Child Mortality | 129