Mortality of Under Two Children in Thailand-การตายของเด็กที่อายุต่ำกว่า 2 ปีในประเทศไทย

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        Child mortality is an important issue in developing countries. To reduce this mortality needs variety of measures. This study tried to explain what factors determined child mortality in Thailand, within the Mosley and Chen’s child survival analytical framework. The data used were from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in Thailand 2005 - 2006 which was conducted by the
National Statistical Office. The studied samples were 3,365 women aged 15-49 years who had the youngest child aged less than 2 years. Fifteen demographic, socio-economic, and maternal and child determinants were analyzed. In bivariate analysis, it was found that only area of residence and birth weight variables significantly associated with under-two child mortality (p < 0.05 and p <0.001 respectively). Using logistic regression, it was found that after controlling other variables, these 2 variables were still significantly associated with under-two child mortality. The probability of women living in non-municipal areas with mortality of under-two youngest children was 47.3 percent lower than those living in municipal area (p < 0.05). And the probability of having undertwo
mortality among children of women having less than 2,500 gram newborns was 2.7 times a higher than those who had 2,500 gram or more newborns (p < 0.01). 

Key words: child mortality, Mosley and Chen, Thailand