Pneumonia mortality and healthcare utilization in young children in rural Bangladesh: a prospective verbal autopsy study

Table 1 Fertility and mortality indicators of rural Mirzapur DSS, 2008–2012

Indicators	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Overall	p value
Total population	239,233	244,754	258,061	263,085	264,998	239,233
Total under-5 population	26,103	26,143	26,090	26,161	25,912	130,409
Number of live births (CBR)	5176 (21.6)	4844 (19.8)	5040 (19.5)	5156 (19.6)	4345 (16.4)	24,561 (19.7)	0.0
Childhood deaths (4 weeks–59 months; CMR)	62 (23.8)	62 (23.7)	61 (23.4)	59 (22.6)	63 (24.3)	307 (23.5)	0.9
Childhood pneumonia deaths (4 weeks–59 months; CPMR) by under-5 population	21 (8.0)	11 (4.2)	16 (6.1)	16 (6.1)	17 (6.6)	81 (6.2)	0.8

Childhood death rate was measured as number of deaths per 10,000 total under-5 populations by each year period. Childhood pneumonia death rate was measured as number of pneumonia deaths per 10,000 under-5 population per year
CBR crude birth rate, CMR child mortality rate, CPMR childhood pneumonia mortality rate, DSS demographic surveillance system

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