Socio-economic Status and Child Mortality in a Rural Sub-District of South Africa

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This study examines equity issues related to infant and child mortality rates during 1992-2000 in a rural border-region of South Africa, an area characterised by significant poverty differentials and migration. Child mortality rates among different socio-economic strata, and between the South African and Mozambican sub-populations have been compared. Various possible risk factors for child mortality are analysed and discussed. The study included an open cohort of all children who spent time in the Agincourt sub-district during the period 01/01/1992 to 31/10/2000, an area comprising 21 villages and 11,500 households, with a population of some 70,000 people situated in the Bohlabela district of South Africa’s rural north-east, adjacent to the country’s border with Mozambique.

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