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Child morbidity patterns in Ethiopia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

A. G. Yohannes ,
K. Streatfield  and
L. Bost
A. G. Yohannes
Affiliation:
Central Statistical Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
K. Streatfield
Affiliation:
Child Survival Project, Demography Programme, Australian National University, Canberra
L. Bost
Affiliation:
Child Survival Project, Demography Programme, Australian National University, Canberra
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Summary

This study is based on the 1983 Rural Health Survey of Ethiopia. Patterns and levels of child morbidity by age, sex, geographic region, and sanitary facilities are examined. Morbidity levels peak in the second year of life. Diarrhoeal diseases are of major importance, especially among infants and toddlers. Parasitic diseases, and respiratory diseases other than pneumonia, become increasingly important with age.

There are no significant sex differentials in morbidity except for higher rates of diarrhoeal diseases among female children. Geographic differentials are quite marked with particularly high morbidity levels from all disease types in the western mountainous regions of Ethiopia. Access to high quality drinking water, a latrine, and garbage disposal, are strongly related to reduced overall morbidity levels, though not necessarily to reduced diarrhoeal disease levels.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 1992 , pp. 143 - 155
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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