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New evidence on child mortality in Iraq

Dyson, Tim (2009) New evidence on child mortality in Iraq. Economic and Political Weekly, XLIV (2). pp. 56-59. ISSN 0012-9976

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Abstract

This paper examines new evidence on the level and trend of child mortality in Iraq. Until recently, it has generally been thought that there was a sharp rise in the level of child mortality in the country during the early 1990s as a result of the first Gulf war and the accompanying United Nations economic sanctions. The main basis for this view was a survey conducted in 1999. However, estimates of the level and trend in child mortality are now available from two additional surveys. Neither of the new sets of estimates show any sign of a sharp increase in child mortality in the early 1990s. Therefore it seems probable that, as was suggested by a report in 2005, the 1999 survey data were deliberately manipulated by the then government of Iraq.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://www.epw.org.in/
Additional Information: © 2009 Economic and political weekly
Divisions: International Development
Social Policy
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HA Statistics
Date Deposited: 04 Jan 2011 14:23
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2024 22:41
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/31107

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