Area-based socioeconomic conditions and urban malaria and diarrhea mortalities in Accra, Ghana.

dc.contributor.authorFobil, J.N.
dc.contributor.authorLoag, W.
dc.contributor.authorSchwarz, N.
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, F.
dc.contributor.authorMeyer, C.G.
dc.contributor.authorKraemer, A.
dc.contributor.authorMay, J.
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-25T13:08:11Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-16T12:23:31Z
dc.date.available2013-06-25T13:08:11Z
dc.date.available2017-10-16T12:23:31Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractHealth inequalities are linked to inequalities in Socioeconomic Status (SES). While infant malaria/diarrhea mortality is widely studied, not very much is known about the influence of area-based measures of SES and all age urban malaria and diarrhea mortalities. To assess the relationship between area-based SES and malaria/diarrhea mortalities and whether these differed across SE-classes in an urban area in a low income country. Proportional mortality rates, computed from 24716 reported death records, collected from Accra over the period 1998-2002 were compared with area-based socioeconomic data in multivariate linear regression analyses in an ecological study design. While malaria mortality showed strong evidence of significant differences across the SE-quintiles (Mean PMRfd = 0.030; 95% CI = 0.010 0.049 p = 0.0008), no such differences in diarrhea mortality were observed (Mean PMRfd = 0.027; 95% CI = 0.014 0.040; p = 0.288). Analyses showed weaker associations between area-based SE-conditions and diarrhea mortality than that observed for malaria mortality. We conclude that all age urban malaria mortalities were more sensitive to changing area-based SE-conditions than diarrhea mortalities suggesting perhaps that social interventions were more effective in diarrhea control compared to malaria.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFobil, J. N., Loag, W., Schwarz, N., Rodrigues, F., Meyer, C. G., Kraemer, A., & May, J. (2012). Area-based socioeconomic conditions and urban malaria and diarrhea mortalities in Accra, Ghana. International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 7(1), 6-16.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://197.255.68.203/handle/123456789/4050
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.titleArea-based socioeconomic conditions and urban malaria and diarrhea mortalities in Accra, Ghana.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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