Estimating maternal mortality differentials using census data: experience in Honduras |
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Authors: | Bernardo Lanza Queiroz |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Demography, Cedeplar/UFMG,Belo Horizonte,Brazil |
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Abstract: | High levels of maternal mortality in developing countries are considered a major public health problem. Over the past decade
several international conferences on health have stated the necessity to reduce maternal mortality in developing countries.
This is a challenge not only in terms of achieving it but also from the point of view of monitoring it. I use national population
censuses to measure maternal mortality and study mortality regional differentials in Honduras, which identified maternal mortality
in its most recent census. I also use standard demographic methods to evaluate the census data quality, for both population
and death counts, and to evaluate the completeness and coverage of household death data. |
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