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Article: A method for estimating infant mortality rate for Nepal.
- Article from:
- Contributions to Nepalese Studies
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
- Author:
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Introduction
Infant mortality rate (IMR) is an important indicator of social development of a nation. It is widely used for assessing socio-economic and health situation in developing countries (Chandra Sekhar 1972: 77; Jain and Visaria 1988). Measurement is a fundamental aspect of research in the area of infant mortality. If vital registration is complete, IMR for each year can be calculated in the conventional manner directly from the system's data (Hill 1991:369). Unfortunately, complete vital registration system is practically non-existent in Nepal (Karki 1989). In the absence of complete vital registration system, indirect techniques proposed by Brass ...
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