caa a22 4500 397520034 CHVBK 20180308164630.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199512 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/heapol/10.4.384 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/heapol/10.4.384 The determinants of infant and child mortality in Tanzania [Elektronische Daten] [AKIM J MTURI, SIÂN L CURTIS] This paper investigates the determinants of infant and child mortality in Tanzania using the 1991/92 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey. A hazards model is used to assess the relative effect of the variables hypothesized to influence under-five mortality. Short birth intervals, teenage pregnancies and previous child deaths are associated with increased risk of death. The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania should therefore maintain its commitment to encouraging women to space their births at least two years apart and delay childbearing beyond the teenage years. Further, this study shows that there is a remarkable lack of infant and child mortality differentials by socioeconomic subgroups of the population, which may reflect post-independence health policy and development strategies. Whilst lack of socioeconomic differentials can be considered an achievement of government policies, mortality remains high so there is still a long way to go before Tanzania achieves its stated goal of ‘Health for All'. © Oxford University Press Review paper nationallicence MTURI AKIM J. Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton UK aut CURTIS SIÂN L. Demographic and Health Surveys, Macro International Inc Calverton, USA aut Health Policy and Planning Oxford University Press 10/4(1995-12), 384-394 0268-1080 10:4<384 1995 10 heapol https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/10.4.384 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/10.4.384 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- MTURI AKIM J. Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- CURTIS SIÂN L. Demographic and Health Surveys, Macro International Inc Calverton, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Health Policy and Planning Oxford University Press 10/4(1995-12), 384-394 0268-1080 10:4<384 1995 10 heapol Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence SWISSBIB 234120010 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford