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2014, Volume 20, Issue 1 : 24-29
Research Article
Children mortality by using life table in Multan city
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Department of Statistics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Abstract

Background: Life table is a multilateral demographer's tool and also a non parametric method. Some of the estimates of the mortality are obtained from the statistical form famous as life table. Aim of the Study: The main purpose of this study is to find the mortality rate and the remaining expected life of the children in Multan. Study Design: Study was conducted for a period of six months from 1st January 2010 to 30th June 2010 in Pediatric Unit II from ward 19 and 20 in Nishter Hospital Multan Pakistan. Subject and Methods: A total of 484 children with different diseases were included in this study. Among 484 subjects, 232 cases were reported as death. The study subjects were less than or equal to one year of age. Duration of illness and mortality was analyzed for all the cases. We have studied survival and dying probabilities patterns under different diseases by using life table analysis. These life tables are constructed on all children diseases with age interval in days, weekly and Monthly. Graphically we plot px, qx, dx against time. Results: 86 children were died on first day of their birth, 163 were died before reached their first week of birth while 192 children were died before reaching their first month of birth. The probability of dying is higher in the new born babies as other age children. Conclusion: Our study shows that probability of dying of children is higher at the start of their life, as their chances of death are greater in the beginning of their life, and probability of surviving of children is low at the neonatal period.

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