Mortality Decline in Kenya: A Reexamination of Recent Under-Five Mortality Estimate

Table 2

Comparing under-five mortality rate for the 0–4 period in 2003 and 5–9 period in 2008/09.

Period	DHS; round	Date	U5M	Period	Round	Date	U5M	U5M; difference	U5M relative difference
0–4	1989	1986.7	90.0	5–9	1993	1985.9	90.0	0.0	0.0
0–4	1992	1990.9	96.0	5–9	1997	1990.8	99.0	−3.0	−3.1
0–4	1998	1995.8	111.0	5–9	2003	1995.9	110.0	1.0	0.9
0–4	2003	2000.8	115.0	5–9	2008/9	2000.8	95.0	20.0	17.4
0–4	2008/9	2005.6	74.1	—	—		—	—	—