A Study on Determinants of Child Mortality in Bongaigaon District, Assam, India

The trend of child mortality is one of the important markers of a country's social and economic development.A declining value of child mortality depicts a nation's overall development.Hence, the study on the trend of child mortality is a need of the hour to access the health status of a region.The broad objective of this study is to assess the health status of children by studying the distribution of neonatal and postneonatal mortality in Bongaigaon district of Assam, India.This study reveals that mortality among children is influenced by sex of the child, religion of the household, the mother's education level, and health institution type.It has also been observed that these aforesaid variables impact is different for neonatal and postneonatal mortality.Furthermore, this work successfully identifies the main causes of neonatal and postneonatal mortality as birth asphyxia and birth trauma, which can be easily prevented.