title: Infant and child mortality in Palestinian camps in Lebanon.
abstract: "This study aims at producing acceptable estimates of a number of indicators of infant and child mortality in Palestinian camps in Lebanon by using the Brass technique. The study utilized data provided by two comprehensive surveys...carried out in 1979 and 1989." Results are provided on the decline in infant mortality between 1977 and 1989; the reduction in the probability of dying between ages one and five; life expectancy at birth; sex differences in infant mortality; and changes in death rates and life expectancy by mother's educational level.
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007861:Lebanon; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008136:Longevity; D008877:Middle East; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Age Specific Death Rate; Arab Countries; Asia; Child Mortality; Death Rate; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Differential Mortality; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Estimation Technics; Infant Mortality; Lebanon; Length Of Life; Life Expectancy; Mediterranean Countries; Mortality; Mortality Determinants; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Western Asia