Bangladesh 1993-1994 Demographic and Health ... - Measure DHS

Table 7.1 Infant and child mortalityInfant and child mortality rates by five-year periods preceding the survey, Bangladesh1993-94Years Approximate Neonatal Posmeonatal Infant Child Under-fivepreceding reference mortality mortality mortality mortality mortalltysurvey period (NN) (PNN) (lqo) (4q0 (sqo)0-4 1989-93 52.3 35.1 87.4 50.1 133.15-9 1984-88 73,1 38.8 111.9 59.0 164.310-14 1979-83 78.2 38.2 116.5 71.8 180,0The estimates in Table 7.1 and Figure 7.1 indicate that child survival in Bangladesh has improvedsince the early 1980s. Under-five mortality has declined from 180 deaths per 1,000 births in the period10-14 years before the survey (approximately 1979-83) to 133 for the period 0-4 years before the survey,a decline of 26 percent. The pace of decline was slighdy faster for child mortality than for infantmortality; the child mortality rate declined by 30 percent (from 72 per 1,000 births 10-14 years before thesurvey to 50 per 1,000 births 0-4 years before the survey), while the infant mortality rate declined by 25percent over the same period (from 117 to 87 per 1,000 births). It is interesting to note that, whileneonatal mortality rates have fallen in the recent past, postneonatal mortality rates show little change.Further evidence of a decline in childhood mortality comes from a comparison of data from the1993-94 BDHS with previous data sources. Table 7.2 and Figure 7.2 show infant mortality rates fromvarious surveys and the vital registration system for the period 1981 to 1991. Although the rates fluctuate20~Figure 7.1Trends in Infant and Child MortalityBangladesh, 1979-1993Deaths per 1,000 Live Births15010050Infant Morality Child Modality Under-five Morality[[~]1979-83 m1984-88 m,gsg-93 iBDHS1993-9492