Under 10 Mortality Estimate and Causes in Uganda: An Analysis of 2005-2015 Iganga-Mayuge Health Demographics and Surveillance Data

Kananura Rornald Muhumuza, Makerere University School of Public Health
Tiziana Leone, LSE
Dan Kajungu, INESS
Tryphena Nareeba, Iganga-Mayuge Health Demographic Surveillance Site
Arjan Gjonca, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

While we know a lot about the under-five mortality, very little is known on age 5-10 years. Additionally, because of limited population follow-up data, the evidence on the mortality mechanisms and patterns for children aged 0-10 years is unclear. We analysed the 2005-2015 population event history data on 22,385 and 1815 verbal autopsy data on neonatal mortality including stillbirths and children aged one month to ten years collected by Iganga-Mayuge health and demographic surveillance site in Uganda. Overall the under-10 mortality probability was 129 per 1000 children. The probability of death per 1000 children was 46.9 among infants, 45 among those aged 1-5 years and 11 among those aged 5-10 years. The mortality causes among 0-10 were malaria, protein deficiency or malnutrition, diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, gastrointestinal disorder, and injuries. The mortality causes among neonates were prematurity, stillbirth, birth injury or asphyxia and other perinatal causes.