摘要：The purpose of this study is to identify the level of infant and under-five mortality in Bangladesh employing abridged life table technique utilized data from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey-2004. The results of life table indicate that the survival function decreases smoothly throughout the period both the rural and urban areas of Bangladesh and these changes are little after the neonatal period. The nqx function is higher for not working mothers than that of working mothers excepting the age 48-59 months. Life expectancy at each age are higher for literate mother, working mother and urban area than that of illiterate mother, not working mother and rural area respectively. It is observed that the ASDRs are high for the overall country level and it is low in urban areas than the rural areas. The ASDRs are also seen to be lower among urban male child than the rural male child. These rates are higher among illiterate and not working mothers than the literate and working mothers correspondingly. Furthermore, it is found that estimated under-five mortality is higher for not working mothers, rural areas, illiterate mothers and male child than that of working mothers, urban areas, literate mothers and female child respectively.
关键词：Infant; Child and Under-Five Mortality; Life Table Technique; Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey; Bangladesh
