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

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Mother’s age at birth is associated with childhood mortality in a U-shaped pattern. Childrenborn to young mothers (under 20 years) <strong>and</strong> old mothers (age 40-49) have relatively higher infantmortality than children born to mothers in the middle age groups. Shorter birth intervals are associatedwith higher mortality. The under-five mortality rate for children born less than two years after thepreceding birth is 159 per 1,000 live births compared with 77 deaths per 1,000 live births amongchildren born four or more years after their preceding sibling.Table 10.3 Early childhood mortality rates by demographic characteristicsNeonatal, postneonatal, infant, child, <strong>and</strong> under-five mortality rates for the 10-year periodpreceding the survey, by demographic characteristics, <strong>Tanzania</strong> HMIS 2007-08DemographiccharacteristicNeonatalmortality(NN)Postneonatalmortality 1(PNN)Infantmortality( 1 q 0 )Childmortality( 4 q 1 )Under-fivemortality( 5 q 0 )Child's sexMale 36 38 74 39 110Female 28 42 70 46 112Mother's age at birth

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