Term:
Life table
A table showing the mortality experience of a hypothetical group of infants born at the same time and subject throughout their lifetime to a set of age-specific mortality rates.
A table showing the mortality experience of a hypothetical group of infants born at the same time and subject throughout their lifetime to a set of age-specific mortality rates.
The likelihood that an individual would die between two ages given current mortality rates at each age, calculated using life table methods. The probability of death between two ages may be called a mortality rate.
Zika virus disease is caused by a virus transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes, which bite during the day.
Is an acute viral haemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes.
A traditional method used by couples by ejaculating out side the vagina.
Measurement of a child’s total body mass undressed.
The process whereby the child becomes accustomed to taking liquids or solids other than breast milk.
Low weight for height.
Vitamin A and D drops, given to children from birth until 1 year of.
Suspensions of killed or attenuated microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, or rickettsiae), antigenic proteins derived from them, or synthetic constructs, administered for the prevention, amelioration, or treatment of infectious and other diseases.