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International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:1052-1053
© International Epidemiological Association 2003

Theory and Methods

Commentary: Estimating the causes of child deaths

Alan D Lopez

School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. E-mail: a.lopez@sph.uq.edu.au

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There is no question that preventing child mortality should be a priority for all populations. There are moral and philosophical reasons to do so (the ‘fair innings’ argument). The replacement of populations depends on sufficient children surviving to reproductive age. It is also critical for indicators of overall population development: reductions in infant and child mortality exert substantially greater impact on levels of life expectancy than similar proportionate declines in death rates at older ages. The long-term decline in child mortality in the industrialized countries that has accompanied economic and social development has depended in part on the implementation of technologies and programmes that target specific diseases, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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