chmort {DHS.rates}

Calculates childhood mortality rates based on survey data.

Description

chmort returns childhood mortality rates such as the Neonatal Mortality Rate (NNMR), Post-neonatal Mortality Rate (PNNMR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Child Mortality Rate (CMR), and Under-5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) chmort returns the Standard Error (SE), mortality exposure (N), weighted exposure (WN), Design Effect (DEFT), Relative Standard Error (RSE), and Confidence Interval (CI).

Usage

chmort(
  Data.Name,
  JK = NULL,
  CL = NULL,
  Strata = NULL,
  Cluster = NULL,
  Weight = NULL,
  Date_of_interview = NULL,
  Date_of_birth = NULL,
  Age_at_death = NULL,
  PeriodEnd = NULL,
  Period = NULL,
  Class = NULL
)

Arguments

Data.Name

The DHS births (BR) dataset or data from other survey with the same format.

JK

"Yes" to estimate Jackknife SE.

CL

Confidence level to calculate the Confidence Coefficient Z of the Confidence Intervals; default if 95.

Strata

Stratification variable if other than "v022".

Cluster

Sample cluster variable if other than "v021".

Weight

Survey weight variable if other than "v005".

Date_of_interview

Date of Interview (CMC) variable if other than "v008".

Date_of_birth

Child date of birth (CMC) variable if other than "b3".

Age_at_death

Child age at death (in months) variable if other than "b7".

PeriodEnd

The end of the exposure period in YYYY-MM format; default is the date of the survey.

Period

The study period for mortality in months; default is 60 months (5 years).

Class

Allow for domain level indicators.

Value

Childhood mortality rates (NNMR, PNNMR, IMR, CMR, and U5MR), and precision indicators (SE, RSE, and CI).

Author(s)

Mahmoud Elkasabi.

Examples

# Calculate five-year children mortality rates based on ADBR70 data

data("ADBR70")
chmort(
 ADBR70,
 JK = "Yes"
)

# Calculate ten-year children mortality rates based on ADBR70 data

data("ADBR70")
chmort(
 ADBR70,
 JK = "Yes",
 Period = 120
)

# The exposure period ends in June 2011

data("ADBR70")
chmort(
 ADBR70,
 PeriodEnd = "2011-06"
)