Table 5

All-cause and malaria mortality rates from Burkina Faso for children under five based on DSS

All-cause Mortality per 1,000 PY ²

Study area

N¹

Study type

Year(s) of study

IMR

CMR

U5MR

Malaria mortality rate <5

Reference

Kongondjan area

365

Cohort

1982–86

36.2

[72]

Pissila and Yako area

9085

Cohort

1985–96

90

49.4

[73]

Ouagadougou

6860

Hospital based

1993–94

27.7

13.8

[74]

Oubritenga province.

27577

Cohort

1993–94

102.0

36.4

44.3

[24,26]

1994–96

101.5

30.5

39.3

1996–98

50.3

19.7

23.6

1998–00

56.7

26.1

29.9

Nouna³

4720

Cohort

1993

32.5

[75]

4786

1994

41.6

4899

1995

35.7

4840

1996

43.1

4895

1997

30.5

5323

1998

30.9

Nouna

353

Cohort

1999

68.0

28.3

[8]

Nouna³

11155⁴

Cohort

1999–03

60.5

23.6

31.9

13.3

[76]

¹ Number of children below five years

² IMR, CMR and U5MR is per 1,000 person-years. IMR = Infant Mortality Rate(0–1), CMR = Child Mortality Rate(1–4 years), U5MR = Under-five Mortality Rate(0–4). Estimated mortality rates are in italics

³ Results based on complete DSS analysis

⁴ Result is 2003 mid-year population.

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