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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1983 29(1):31-34; doi:10.1093/tropej/29.1.31
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Birth Intervals and the Survival of Children to Age Five—Some Data from Nepal

RAYMOND W. CARLAW, Dr., P.H., M.P.H., Associate Dean and Associate Professor in Health Education and KOKILA VAIDYA, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Deputy Director, Family Planning/Maternal and Child Health Project

School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Ministry of Health Kathmandu, Nepal

Several studies have demonstrated the relationship between birth intervals and the history of the fetus or child. None have attempted to examine impact of preand post-birth intervals on a single population. Data were gathered on a corrected sample of 6310 children in Nepal, and analyzed for mortality experience to five years. Regardless of whether the interval was prebirth or post-birth, and irrespective of the age of the mother or birth order, a child with a pre- or post-birth interval of less than 18 months was about three times more likely to die in the first five years than a child with intervals of 42 months or more.


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