Child mortality experienced in West Africa is more than double the rate for most countries in the northern or southern Africa (Balk et al. 2004; MDG Report 2012), also see Table 1.
This study was initiated to understand the pattern of migration, the rate of mortality experienced along that migration pathway, and possible reasons for the observed mortality.
In addition, the heads of household questionnaire addressed household poultry and other animal ownership and poultry mortality experienced by the household during the previous 8-month period.
It corrects the excess of mortality experienced by patients diagnosed with breast cancer.
Coronary heart disease is a known contributor to the excess mortality experienced by patients with RA.
It can therefore mask any differences in mortality experienced by different age groups.
No worsening of the overall excess mortality experienced by individuals with previous psychiatric admission over time was observed.
The gap in childhood mortality experienced between the poorest and richest was wider in the North than the South.
The prevalence of childhood mortality experienced in Nigeria was 40.3%, with women in the north (47.3%) ever experienced higher childhood mortality than their counterparts in the south (30.9%).
The variable childhood mortality experienced was dichotomized into two by creating a dummy variable 0 (zero) for those who had not experienced childhood deaths and 1 one) if otherwise.
