Afghanistan Mortality Survey 2010 - Measure DHS

Table 5.3 Early childhood mortality rates by socioeconomic characteristics for Afghanistanexcluding the South zoneNeonatal, postneonatal, infant, child, and under-5 mortality rates for the 5-year periodpreceding the survey, by background characteristic, Afghanistan excluding the South zone,Afghanistan 2010BackgroundcharacteristicNeonatalmortality(NN)Postneonatalmortality(PNN) 1Infantmortality( 1 q 0 )Childmortality( 4 q 1 )Under-5mortality( 5 q 0 )ResidenceUrban 24 24 47 10 57Rural 30 40 70 23 91ZoneNorth 30 39 69 19 86Central 28 33 61 20 80RegionNorth Eastern 31 36 66 19 84Northern 29 42 71 19 89Western 36 39 75 25 98Central Highlands 38 35 74 17 89Capital 21 29 50 18 67Mother's educationNo education 29 38 67 21 86Madrassa (24) (19) (43) (42) (83)Primary 33 19 52 7 59Secondary (25) (24) (49) (5) (54)Higher 11 14 25 13 37Wealth quintileLowest 39 46 85 23 106Second 27 37 63 24 86Middle 26 41 66 22 87Fourth 25 23 48 13 60Highest 18 21 39 10 49Remoteness quintileMost remote 35 39 74 20 93Second 29 39 68 22 89Middle 23 34 57 20 76Fourth 21 28 49 12 60Least remote 24 29 54 17 69Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 250-499 unweighted months of exposure.1Computed as the difference between the infant and neonatal mortality rates5.4.2 Demographic DifferentialsInfant and child mortality is influenced to a considerable extent by the demographic characteristicsof mothers and children, including the sex of the child, mother’s age at birth, birth order, length ofthe previous birth interval, and the size of the child at birth. The relationship between these demographiccharacteristics and mortality is shown in Table 5.4 for Afghanistan excluding the South zone.98 | Infant and Child Mortality