bangladesh

<p>The data gathered by the 1974 Bangladesh Retrospective Survey of Fertility and Mortality
can be used to demonstrate the estimation of child mortality from summary birth histories
using the Trussell version of the BRASS method and the Coale-Demeny model life tables
<code><a rd-options="" href="/link/coale_demeny_ltm?package=u5mr&version=0.1.1" data-mini-rdoc="u5mr::coale_demeny_ltm">coale_demeny_ltm</a></code>.</p>

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Contains functions for calculating under-five child mortality estimates using the Trussell version of the Brass method (United Nations (1990) <https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/mortality/stepguide_childmort.pdf> and United Nations (1983) <https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/mortality/stepguide_childmort.pdf>) as well as applying the cohort-derived methods by Rajaratnam and colleagues (Rajaratnam JK, Tran LN, Lopez AD, Murray CJL (2010) "Measuring Under-Five Mortality: Validation of New Low-Cost Methods" <doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000253>).

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u5mr

Under-Five Child Mortality Estimation

bangladesh function

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<p>The data gathered by the 1974 Bangladesh Retrospective Survey of Fertility and Mortality
can be used to demonstrate the estimation of child mortality from summary birth histories
using the Trussell version of the BRASS method and the Coale-Demeny model life tables
<code><a rd-options='' href='coale_demeny_ltm'>coale_demeny_ltm</a></code>.</p>

bangladesh: Bangladesh 1974

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