Infant Mortality Rate and Causes of Death of 1993 Birth Cohort in Korea
Title
Infant Mortality Rate and Causes of Death of 1993 Birth Cohort in Korea
Author(s)
Han, Young Ja
; Doh, Serok
; Lee, Seungwook
; Lee, Habaik
; Lee, Myungik
Publication Year
1996
Publisher
Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs
Ministry of Health and Welfare
Table Of Contents
Summary 15
Chapter 1. Introduction 17 L Study Background 17 2. Definitions 19
Chapter 2. Data Collection 20 1. Gathering ExJsting Data 20 2. The Sources of Existing Data 21 3. Collection of Early Death Data 22 4. Collection of Data from the Various Sections of Medical Facilities 24
Chapter 3. Determining the Number of Infant Deaths and Live Births 26 1. The Process of Integrating and Adjusting the Overlap of Infant Death Cases 26 2. Process of Estimating Total Number of Live Births 29
Chapter 4. Results 32 1. Infant Mortality Rate 32 2. Infant Deaths by Socio-demographic Characteristics 33 3. Stillbirths 38 4. Early Infant Deaths Identified. by the Medical Facilities Survey 39 5. Causes of Infant Death 42 6. Life Tables of the Infant Period 48 7. Infant Deaths by Source of Data 52 8. Coverage Rates of Infant Deaths 53
