Space-time variations in child mortality in a rural South African population with high HIV prevalence (2000–2014)
- Tlou, B.
- Sartorius, B.
- Tanser, F.
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Objective The aim of the study was to identify the key determinants of child mortality ‘hot-spots’ in space and time. Methods Comprehensive population-based mortality data collected between 2000 and 2014 by the Africa Centre Demographic Information System located in the UMkhanyakude District of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, was analysed. We assigned all mortality events and person-time of observation for children <5 years of age to an exact homestead of residence (mapped to <2m accuracy as part of the DSA platform). Using these exact locations, both the Kulldorff and Tango spatial scan statistics for regular and irregular shaped cluster detection were used to identify clusters of childhood mortality events in both space and tim...
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