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(b)
Infant and Child Mortality Rates
Kilimanjaro is classified as one of the low infant and child
mortality regions. It is being observed from Table LXXIII (a)
below that there has been a decline of both mortality rates,
between the two census, 1978 and 1988. The rate of mortality
decline for IMR and U5MR were 1.3 and 1.4 percent
respectively. Consequently, the region's IMR and U5MR went
down to 67 and 104 respectively. At national level IMR and
U5MR also declined in the same period from 137 and 231
recorded in 1978 to 115 and 192 estimated in 1988 respectively
(Population Census, 1988).
TABLE LXXIII (a):IMR AND U5MR TREND IN KILIMANJARO REGION 1978-1994
Year Infant Mortality Child Mortality
1978 76 119
1988 67 104
1994 60 92
1995 59 90
Source: Health Statistics Abstract 1994
Despite the impressive low IMR and U5MR achieved by the
region it is worth noting that the rates are still very high compared
to those prevailing in the developed industrialized countries. Thus
for the region to reach 50 for IMR and 70 for U5MR by the year
2000, the current IMR and U5MR decline rates need to increase
to 2.0 and 2.3 for IMR and U5MR respectively.
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