An assessment of trend of trends in child mortality estimates in Tanzania during the nineties: a summary

Abstract

Comparing the results of the TRCHS 1999 with the TDHS 1996 suggests that child mortality in Tanzania has increased. Yet, five-year trends within the TRCHS suggest the opposite. How should these trends be interpreted? This brief summarizes the results of an analysis that investigated why there are differences in mortality between the two surveys and how the overall trend should be interpreted [1].