PLoS Medicine (Aug 2011)

Neonatal mortality levels for 193 countries in 2009 with trends since 1990: a systematic analysis of progress, projections, and priorities.

  • Mikkel Zahle Oestergaard,
  • Mie Inoue,
  • Sachiyo Yoshida,
  • Wahyu Retno Mahanani,
  • Fiona M Gore,
  • Simon Cousens,
  • Joy E Lawn,
  • Colin Douglas Mathers,
  • United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation and the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001080
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 8
p. e1001080

Abstract

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BackgroundHistorically, the main focus of studies of childhood mortality has been the infant and under-five mortality rates. Neonatal mortality (deaths Methods and findingsWe compiled a database of mortality in neonates and children (ConclusionsNeonatal mortality has declined in all world regions. Progress has been slowest in the regions with high NMRs. Global health programs need to address neonatal deaths more effectively if Millennium Development Goal 4 (two-thirds reduction in child mortality) is to be achieved.