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80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

<strong>10</strong>2 | Infant <strong>and</strong> Child Mortality<br />

0<br />

Deaths per 1,000<br />

21<br />

22<br />

Figure 8.1 Mortality Trends<br />

39<br />

23<br />

60<br />

Neonatal Postneonatal Infant Child Under-five<br />

45<br />

23<br />

2003 DHS <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong> TLDHS<br />

Note: Data for the neonatal mortality <strong>and</strong> postneonatal mortality rates<br />

for the 2003 DHS are unadjusted.<br />

8.4 SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENTIALS IN MORTALITY<br />

20<br />

83<br />

64<br />

<strong>Timor</strong>-<strong>Leste</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong><br />

Child survival closely relates to socioeconomic <strong>and</strong> demographic characteristics such as<br />

residence, region, mother’s education, <strong>and</strong> household wealth status (quintile). These differentials are<br />

presented in Table 8.2. To minimize sampling errors associated with mortality estimates <strong>and</strong> to ensure<br />

a sufficient number <strong>of</strong> cases for statistical reliability, the mortality rates shown in Table 8.2 are<br />

calculated for a ten-year period.<br />

Mortality in rural areas is consistently higher than in urban areas. In the <strong>10</strong>-year period before<br />

the survey, infant mortality in rural areas was 61 deaths per 1,000 live births, compared with 42<br />

deaths per 1,000 live births in urban areas. The under-5 mortality rate during the same period was 87<br />

deaths per 1,000 live births in rural areas <strong>and</strong> 61 deaths per 1,000 live births in urban areas. This<br />

variation between rural <strong>and</strong> urban settings may be because <strong>of</strong> poor access to health care, a weak<br />

communication system (road <strong>and</strong> transport, telecommunication), <strong>and</strong> frequent uses <strong>of</strong> harmful<br />

indigenous practices in the rural areas (MOH, 2002b; Zwi et al., <strong>2009</strong>; HAI, 2005).<br />

The TLDHS <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong> data show wide variations in mortality by district. Under-5 mortality is<br />

lowest in Baucau (42 deaths per 1,000 live births) <strong>and</strong> highest in Ermera (<strong>10</strong>2 deaths per 1,000 live<br />

births), with Liquiçá (<strong>10</strong>1 per 1,000) following closely behind. Neonatal mortality is highest in<br />

Manufahi (44 per 1,000) <strong>and</strong> contributes to 51 percent <strong>of</strong> under-5 mortality in the district. Infant<br />

mortality varies from 30 deaths per 1,000 live births in Baucau to 77 per 1,000 in Ainaro.

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