"Child Mortality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Number of deaths of children between one year of age to 12 years of age in a given population.
| Descriptor ID |
D046688
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.550.287 N01.224.935.698.150 N06.850.505.400.975.550.287 N06.850.520.308.985.550.287
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| Concept/Terms |
Child Mortality- Child Mortality
- Child Mortalities
- Mortalities, Child
- Mortality, Child
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Child Mortality" by people in Profiles.
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Clinicopathological discrepancies in the diagnoses of childhood causes of death in the CHAMPS network: An analysis of antemortem diagnostic inaccuracies. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Jul 20; 8(1).
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Experience on postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling to ascertain the cause of death determination in South African children: A case for implementing as standard of care. S Afr Med J. 2024 Feb 13; 114(2):e1538.
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Burden of child mortality from malaria in high endemic areas: Results from the CHAMPS network using minimally invasive tissue sampling. J Infect. 2024 Mar; 88(3):106107.
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Post-mortem investigation of deaths due to pneumonia in children aged 1-59 months in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia from 2016 to 2022: an observational study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2024 Mar; 8(3):201-213.
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Child deaths caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia: a secondary analysis of Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) data. Lancet Microbe. 2024 02; 5(2):e131-e141.
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Causes of Death Among Infants and Children in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 07 03; 6(7):e2322494.
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Household structure, composition and child mortality in the unfolding antiretroviral therapy era in rural South Africa: comparative evidence from population surveillance, 2000-2015. BMJ Open. 2023 03 15; 13(3):e070388.
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Prioritizing Health Care Strategies to Reduce Childhood Mortality. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 10 03; 5(10):e2237689.
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Insights on the differentiation of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths: A study from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network. PLoS One. 2022; 17(7):e0271662.
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Postmortem investigations and identification of multiple causes of child deaths: An analysis of findings from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network. PLoS Med. 2021 09; 18(9):e1003814.