Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

Sushil Dalal ¹, Kiran Pande ², Vishal Modgil ³

Affiliations
1 Associate Professor, dept of Community Medicine MMU Mullana Amballa, IN
2 Assistant Professor Dept of OBG MMU Mullana Ambala, IN
3 Final Year PG Student, IN

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Sushil Dalal ¹, Kiran Pande ², Md Abu Bashar ³

Affiliations
1 Associate Professor Dept. of Community Medicine MMU Mullana Amballa, IN
2 Assistant Professor Dept. of OBG MMU Mullana Ambala, IN
3 Assistant Professor Dept. of Community Medicine Mullana Ambala, IN

Abstract

In India about 2.1 million child deaths occur every year, which is the highest with in a single country worldwide. Mortality in under – fives is an indicator of diverse socioeconomic and cultural factors. This present study was conducted to find out relation in-between child mortality of under-five years of age and their socio economic status along with place of residence using verbal autopsy in Dehradun. Methodology: The survey was done on all the house of the deceased children residing in our field practice areas by visiting their houses. Results: Most of the deaths were found from lower socio-economic class among the 83 deaths reported during study period. Conclusion: The study shows that as we moves up the socio economic class, the mortality rate tends to decline.

Keywords

Verbal autopsy, socio-economic, deceased children, mortality, policy making, Millennium development goals.

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