title: Factors associated with child mortality in Pakistan and implications for the national health programs.
abstract: "This study attempts to establish the levels of infant and child mortality in Pakistan using an indirect estimation technique to analyze data from the 1984-85 Pakistan Contraceptive Prevalence Survey....[Results indicate] that children's survival chances have hardly improved in recent years.... Suggestions are offered on ways to improve the effectiveness of rural health programs."
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D006262:Health; D006296:Health Services; D007226:Infant Mortality; D008136:Longevity; D009026:Mortality; D010154:Pakistan; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D019035:Rural Health Services; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D015996:Survival Rate
keywords: Asia; Child Mortality; Child Survival; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Estimation Technics; Health; Health Services; Indirect Estimation Technics; Infant Mortality; Length Of Life; Mortality; Pakistan; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Rural Health Services; Southern Asia; Survivorship