News tagged with mortality estimates


At least one in five were infected in flu pandemic, international study suggests

(Medical Xpress)—At least one in five people in countries for which data are available were infected with influenza during the first year of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, according to a new study.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New method quantifies uncertainty in estimates of child mortality rates

Measures of uncertainty should be taken into account when estimating progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4 (to reduce the mortality rate of children under 5 years by two thirds from the 1990 level by 2015) in order ...

Health created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New PLOS collection: Child mortality estimation methods

Child mortality is a key indicator not only of child health and nutrition but also of the implementation of child survival interventions and, more broadly, of social and economic development. Millennium Development Goal 4 ...

Health created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0