Comparison of all-cause and malaria-specific mortality from two West African countries with different malaria transmission patterns

Table 2 All-cause mortality rates from Burkina Faso for children under five from surveys and censuses

				Mortality per 1,000 ²
Study type	N¹	Survey/census	Year(s) of study	IMR	CMR	U5MR	Reference
Burkina Faso Population census	116000³	Census	1975	182.2	32.8	62.2	[55]
	1476000³		1985	143.6	24.9	48.4
	1975000³		1996	113.2	19.5	38.2
Survey on mortality in Sahel(EMIS)	13421	Survey	1986	92.1			[56]
			1987	133.3
Demographic and Health Surveys	5828	Survey	1992–93	98.3	28.7	45.6	[57]
	5953		1998–99	111.2	33.9	49.2
	10645		2003	84.9	29.5	40.5
UNICEF based studies including multiple Indicator cluster surveys (MICs)	-⁴	Survey	1960	199.0		74.8	[12]
			1970	177.5		67.8
			1980	150.5		56.4
			1990	125.4		46.9
			1995	116.4		46.2
			2000	113.0		46.2
World Bank Surveys plus other National surveys	-⁴	Survey	2000	105.3		43.5	[54]
			2004	101.7		42.5

¹ Number of children below five years.
² IMR = Infant Mortality Rate(0–1), CMR = Child Mortality Rate(1–4 years), U5MR = Under-five Mortality Rate(0–4) IMR is rate per 1,000 live births, CMR and U5MR are rates per 1000 person-years.
³ Estimate of children under five year from census population.
⁴Results based on combination of many surveys.

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