Measuring Socioeconomic Inequality Changes in Child Mortality in Iran: Two National Surveys Inequality Analysis

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AMINI RARANI MOSTAFA; RASHIDIAN ARASH; ARAB MOHAMMAD; KHOSRAVI ARDESHIR; ABBASIAN EZATOLLAH

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Journal: Iranian Journal of Public Health Year:2018 | Volume:47 | Issue:9 Page(s): 1378-1386

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Measuring Socioeconomic Inequality Changes in Child Mortality in Iran: Two National Surveys Inequality Analysis

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child mortality

Health disparities

Socioeconomic factors

Odds ratio

Iran

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Background: We aimed to measure changes in socioeconomic inequality in child mortality in Iran. Methods: A secondary data analysis of two Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS 2000 and 2010) was un-dertaken. Neonatal, infant and under-5 mortality rates were estimated directly from complete birth history. Economic quintiles were constructed using principal component analysis. Changes in inequality were measured using Odds ratios, mortality rates, and concentration curves and indices. Results: Based on the compared measures, inequalities in neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality declined be-tween the two surveys. The poorest-to-richest neonatal, infant and under-5 mortality Odds ratios in 2000 were 1. 69 (95% CI= 1. 3-2. 07), 2. 85 (95% CI= 1. 96-4. 1) and 1. 98 (95% CI= 1. 64-2. 3), respectively. Whereas these mortality Odds ratios in 2010 had fallen to 1. 65 (95% CI= 0. 95-2. 9), 1. 47 (95% CI=0. 5-4) and 1. 85 (95% CI=1. 13-3), respectively. Moreover, mortality rates in all economic quintiles experienced a decreasing trend. Neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality concentration indices in 2000 were-0. 15,-0. 26, and-0. 17 respectively. Whereas concentration indices in 2010 had dropped to-0. 13,-0. 11, and-0. 14, respectively. Concentration curves dominance test revealed that there was a statistically significant reduction in inequality in infant and under-5 mortalities. Conclusion: Despite substantial reduction in child mortality rates and narrowing of the gap between poor and rich people, socioeconomic inequality in child mortalities disfavoring worse-off groups still exists. Combina-tion of child health-related efforts that aim to reach to those children born in poor households alongside with pro-equity programs in other sectors of society may further reduce infant, under-5, and particularly neonatal mortality across economic quintiles in Iran.

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AMINI RARANI, MOSTAFA, RASHIDIAN, ARASH, ARAB, MOHAMMAD, KHOSRAVI, ARDESHIR, & ABBASIAN, EZATOLLAH. (2018). Measuring Socioeconomic Inequality Changes in Child Mortality in Iran: Two National Surveys Inequality Analysis. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 47(9), 1378-1386. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/274899/en

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AMINI RARANI MOSTAFA, RASHIDIAN ARASH, ARAB MOHAMMAD, KHOSRAVI ARDESHIR, ABBASIAN EZATOLLAH. Measuring Socioeconomic Inequality Changes in Child Mortality in Iran: Two National Surveys Inequality Analysis. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH[Internet]. 2018;47(9):1378-1386. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/274899/en

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MOSTAFA AMINI RARANI, ARASH RASHIDIAN, MOHAMMAD ARAB, ARDESHIR KHOSRAVI, and EZATOLLAH ABBASIAN, “Measuring Socioeconomic Inequality Changes in Child Mortality in Iran: Two National Surveys Inequality Analysis,” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 1378–1386, 2018, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/274899/en

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