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Using natality data in health planning
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11/01/1980
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Source: Statistical notes for health planners ; no. 12
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Description:The uses of infant mortality data in planning maternal and infant health programs at the local level were discussed in a previous Note.1 The purpose of this Note is to describe how information on the birth certificate can be used to supplement infant mortality data, particularly in terms of maternal risk factors.
As discussed in Statistical Note No. 2, the stability of the infant mortality rate depends on the number of births and deaths on which the rate is based. If there are few births, the observed infant mortaIit y rate may be very different from the true underlying mortality rate due to chance variations. Characteristics of the birth distribution, however, can be estimated with little error based on a rela tively small number of births. Therefore, using natality data to assess risk of infant mortality is particularly useful for health planning at the local level.
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