Research Article
Mortality Decline in Kenya: A Reexamination of Recent Under-Five Mortality Estimate
Table 3
Comparing infant mortality rate for the 0–4 period in 2003 and 5–9 period in 2008/09.
| | Period | DHS
round | Date | IMR | Period | Round | Date | IMR | IMR
difference | IMR relative difference |
| | 0–4 | 1989 | 1986.7 | 61 | 5–9 | 1993 | 1985.9 | 63 | 2.0 | 3.3 | | 0–4 | 1992 | 1990.9 | 62 | 5–9 | 1997 | 1990.8 | 68 | 5.0 | 8.0 | | 0–4 | 1998 | 1995.8 | 74 | 5–9 | 2003 | 1995.9 | 73 | −1.0 | 1.3 | | 0–4 | 2003 | 2000.8 | 77 | 5–9 | 2008/9 | 2000.8 | 67 | −10.0 | 13.0 | | 0–4 | 2008/9 | 2005.6 | 52 | — | — | | — | — | — |
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