Child Mortality in Africa¶
Under-5 mortality (estimated deaths per 1,000 child-years) for the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. Based on geo-spatial interpolation methods using data from the Demographic and Health Survey across 28 Sub-Saharan countries. Rasterization of point based data.
Details¶
| Type | raster |
| Global coverage | Yes |
| Datetime | 1980-01-01 – 2000-01-01 |
| Temporal type | year |
| Tags | africa, child, mortality, population, welfare |
| Variable | deaths per 1,000 child-years |
| License | Not recorded — see the source link |
Resources¶
| Name | Label | Date |
|---|---|---|
| africa_child_mortality_1980 | 1980 | 1980-01-01 |
| africa_child_mortality_1990 | 1990 | 1990-01-01 |
| africa_child_mortality_2000 | 2000 | 2000-01-01 |
Citation¶
Marshall Burke, Sam Heft-Neal, and Eran Bendavid. Understanding variation in child mortality across Sub-Saharan Africa: A spatial analysis. The Lancet Global Health, 2016, Volume 4, Issue 12, e936-e94.