Citation

Meddings DR. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2013; 10(2): 568-570.

Affiliation

Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. meddingsd@who.int.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

DOI

10.3390/ijerph10020568

PMID

23376971

Abstract

Those interested in child survival frequently cite and follow the under-five mortality rate. While a useful measure, the under-five mortality rate lumps together neonatal and post-neonatal mortality with deaths in the 1-4 year period. Unfortunately, this hampers public health decision making about the most appropriate child survival strategies as children survive beyond their first year of life.

Language: en