Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
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1016-1430
2251-6840
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10.18869/mjiri
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8888
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jalali
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1989
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BIRTH AND DEATH INDICATORS IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN IN 1984 AND 1986
Health
Health
Original Research
Original Research
Birth and death indicators were examined through retrospective
surveys conducted in 1985 and 1987 in the Islamic Republic of lran, reviewing
1984 and 1986 events, to obtain infant mortality rate (IMR) and other
necessary indicators for health planning and evaluation.
Comparison between 1985 and 1987 surveys revealed:
1. No major change in crude death rate ( 6.3 per 1000 in 1987 survey) had
occurred.
2.IMR was 51 per 1000 live births in 1987 survey.
3. The proportion of death rate in children under 5 year to total death has
dropped in rural areas from 55 per 100 to 48, and in towns froms 32 to 29.
4. Still about 20 and 22 per 100 deaths in urban and rural areas respectively in
under 5 children are due to diarrhea the percentage of those due to infectious
diseases in the same areas and age group, is 30 and 32 per 100.
5. Birth rate has dropped from 40.4 to 37.7 per 1000 as a result, natural
growth of population has decreased from 3.40 per 100 in the 1985 survey to
3.14 in 1987.
6. Maternal mortality rate has dropped considerably in rural areas, from 23
per 10,000 live births to 18.
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MALEK-AFZALI
20031947532846005566
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From the Council for Expansion of Education and Research, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.