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

Table 4

Comparing U5MR for period 0–4 years prior to earlier survey (2003) to 5–9 and 10–14 in the 2008/9 survey.

2008/9 KDHS			2003 KDHS			Percent difference (2003–2008)
Approximate years	IMR	U5MR	Approximate years	IMR	U5MR	IMR	U5MR
2004–2008	52	74	—	—	—	—	—
1999–2003	67	95	1998–2003	77	115	13.0%	17.3%
1994–1998	59	93	1993–1997	73	110	19.1%	15.5%
				73	105	—	—

Note: U5MR: under-five mortality rate, IMR: infant mortality rate.