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.

Ndugwa et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:15   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-15