Infant mortality and birth rates

dc.contributor.author	Hanson, Lars Ake
dc.contributor.author	Bergstrom, Staffan
dc.contributor.author	Rosero-Bixby, Luis
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-11T16:01:37Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-11T16:01:37Z
dc.date.issued	1994
dc.identifier.issn	0-333-58900-9
dc.identifier.uri	http://biblioteca.ccp.ucr.ac.cr/handle/123456789/1057
dc.description.abstract	It has been suggested that decreasing infant mortality is a prerequisite for decreasing birth rates and the experience in several countries shows that decreasing infant mortality rates are indeed followed by declining birth rates. Actually, industrialised countries with their low infant mortality have low birth rates. In contrast, the highest birth rates are found in countries with the highest infant mortality (Tables 5.1a and b).1 A few developing countries, such as Sri Lanka, China and Costa Rica, have managed to decrease the child death rates substantially.2 This has been followed (or preceded) by a decline in birth rates to some of the lowest levels among developing countries. - But is this a true connection?	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	The Macmillan Press	en
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 Costa Rica	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/cr/	*
dc.subject	Mortalidad infantil	es
dc.subject	Fecundidad	es
dc.subject	Baja de la mortalidad	es
dc.title	Infant mortality and birth rates	en
dc.title.alternative	Health and Disease in Developing Countries	en
dc.type	Article	en