Biosensors & Bioelectronics

Sileshi Bekele

Publications

• Research Article
  Survival Analysis of Under-Five Mortality of Children and its Associated Risk Factors in Ethiopia
  Author(s): Getachew Y and Sileshi BekeleGetachew Y and Sileshi Bekele
  
  Child mortality is a factor that is associated with the well-being of a population and it is taken as an indicator of health development and socio economic status. A 2013 report on child mortality states that about three-quarters of all child deaths happened in two regions Africa (46%) and South-East Asia (28%). More than 50% of these deaths were clustered in only six countries: China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria and Pakistan. Under-five mortality is higher in rural areas and among poorer and less educated communities (MDG 2013). The Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data are used for the study. In this study we have attempted to find out the impact of socioeconomic, demographic, environmental, health related and nutritional factors in under- five mortality of child. In this attempt, we first analyzed our data using Kaplan-Meier non-parametric meth.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6210.1000213

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