title: Study of mortality risk factors for children under age 5 in Abu Dhabi.
abstract: We investigated the association of biological, sociocultural and economic risk factors with child mortality in Abu Dhabi from 1 January-31 December 1997. With McNemar chi-squared test, most selected biological risk factors were statistically associated with child mortality, although maternal age older than 40 years and history of fetal death were not positively correlated with neonate, infant or age under 5 mortality. Among sociocultural and economic risk factors, maternal lack of formal education and low monthly income were significantly associated with child death. Consanguinity was significantly associated with under 5 and infant but not neonatal mortality. Gestation <37 weeks was highly associated with mortality among all ages. Strengthening health care programmes and emphasizing the need to identify high risk groups should be priorities.
authors.affiliation: Central Department of Maternal and Child Health, Ministry of Health, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Al-Hosani
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brebner
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Bener
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Norman
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001722:Birth Order; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D046688:Child Mortality; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003241:Consanguinity; D004522:Educational Status; D005865:Gestational Age; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016015:Logistic Models; D008423:Maternal Age; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education; D010298:Parity; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014479:United Arab Emirates; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*