Table 1

All-cause mortality rates in The Gambia for children under five from survey and censuses




Mortality per 10002





Study type
 N1
 Survey/census
 Year(s) of study
 IMR
 CMR
 U5MR
 Reference
Gambia Population census
 79916 3
 Census
 1973
 243.4
67.8
 [52]

111451 3
1983
 182.2
59.8

168217 3
1993
 87.7
27.6








Contraceptive prevalence & Fertility Determinants Survey
 2521
 Survey
 1976–80
 118.5
 53.7
 66.1
 [27]



1981–85
 103.0
 31.6
 45.7



1986–90
 93.6
 20.6
 34.9








UNICEF, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
 3849
 Survey
 1995
 100.8
29.4
 [12]



2000
 96.4
27.4








National Survey on Maternal mortality, Child mortality and contraceptive Prevalence
 9359
 Survey
 2001
 87.7
 14.4
 29.0
 [53]








World Bank Surveys plus other National surveys
 -4
 Survey
 2004
 93.1
26.0
 [54]

1 Number of children below five years.

2 IMR = Infant Mortality Rate(0–1), CMR = Child Mortality Rate(1–4 years), U5MR = Under-5 Mortality Rate(0–4) IMR is rate per 1,000 live births, CMR and U5MR are rates per 1000 person-years.

3Estimate of children under five years from census population

4 Number based on combination of many surveys.

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