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

Table 7.2 Trends in infant mortality ratesInfant mortality rates from selected sources, Bangladesh, 1981-1991YearData source 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 19911993-94 BDHS l 117 112 871991 CPS 73 88 88 751989 CPS 107 99 90 1021989 BFS 128 129 136 134 111 113 84Vital registration 129 122 118 122 112 116 113 116 98 94 91IFigures are five-year rates placed at the mld-point year.Source: Huq and Cleland, 1990:116; Mitra et al., 1993:109Figure 7.2Infant Mortality Rates from Selected Sources,Bangladesh, 1981-1991Deaths per 1,000 Live Births125100755O81i i i i i i p i i82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91Note: BDHS rates are for 5-year periods centered on the index year.Source: Huq and Cleland, 1990:116; Mitra et al,, 1993:109over time, there is a general downward trend. Infant mortality rates have declined from around 120 ormore per 1,000 births in the early 1980s to less than 90 in the five years before the BDHS. Under-fivemortality has also declined. The 1989 BFS reported rates for 1979 to 1983 of almost 190 deaths per 1,000births (Huq and Cleland, 1990:116), while the rate from the BDHS for the period 198%93 is 133.Although not comparable to nationally-representative data, childhood mortality has also declined in the93