Infant mortality rate inequalities in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 966-972

  Bachmann, Max ^a   London, Leslie ^b   Barron, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c W Cape Regional Services Council   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Infant mortality; Race difference; Urbanization; Variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNIC GROUP; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION; VITAL STATISTICS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLACKS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSES OF DEATH; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEATH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ETHNIC GROUPS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; VITAL STATISTICS; WHITES; YOUTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY DATA; MORTALITY RATE; POPULATION FERTILITY; RACE; RACIAL DISPARITY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RISK FACTORS; URBANISATION;

SOUTH AFRICA, WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE;

EID: 0029660654     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.5.966     Document Type: Article

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