Where and why are 10 million children dying every year?
Where and why are 10 million children dying every year?
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DOI：
10.1016/s0140-6736(03)13779-8
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发表时间：
2003-06-28
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168.9
通讯作者：
Bryce, J
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作者：
Black, RE;Morris, SS;Bryce, J
每年有1000多万儿童死亡，其中大多数死于可预防的原因，而且几乎都发生在贫穷国家。6个国家占全球5岁以下儿童死亡人数的50%，42个国家占90%。不同国家的儿童死亡原因差异很大，这凸显了在国家层面而非地缘政治区域扩大对儿童健康流行病学了解的必要性。其他关键问题包括营养不良作为与传染病相关的儿童死亡的潜在原因的重要性、多种并发疾病的影响以及认识到肺炎和腹泻仍然是最常与儿童死亡相关的疾病。更好地了解儿童健康流行病学有助于采取更有效的方法拯救儿童生命。
More than 10 million children die each year, most from preventable causes and almost all in poor countries. Six countries account for 50% of worldwide deaths in children younger than 5 years, and 42 countries for 90%. The causes of death differ substantially from one country to another, highlighting the need to expand understanding of child health epidemiology at a country level rather than in geopolitical regions. Other key issues include the importance of undernutrition as an underlying cause of child deaths associated with infectious diseases, the effects of multiple concurrent illnesses, and recognition. that pneumonia and diarrhoea remain the diseases that are most often associated with child deaths. A better understanding of child health epidemiology could contribute to more effective approaches to saving children's lives.