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Table 2 Descriptive statistics on mortality at different age groups of child health, October 2001 to September 2004, Rufiji DSS

From: Relationship between child survival and malaria transmission: an analysis of the malaria transmission intensity and mortality burden across Africa (MTIMBA) project data in Rufiji demographic surveillance system, Tanzania

Group

Age range

n*

Death counts

Person years

Mortality rate (95% CI) (per 1,000 py)

1

Neonatal (0–28 days)

9,758

213

712

299.2 (265.71, 334.27)

2

Infants (0 days-11 months)

13,228

517

9,239

56.0 (51.35, 60.84)

3

Post-neonatal (29 days-11 months)

13,015

304

9,236

32.9 (29.36, 36.75)

4

Children1 (0 days-59 months)

27,049

831

44,286

18.8 (17.52, 20.07)

5

Children2 (29 days-59 months)

26,836

618

44,283

14.0 (12.88, 15.09)

6

Children3 (12 months-59 months)

26,539

314

44,150

7.1 (6.35, 7.94)

  1. *including migration within the DSS area.