Dataset

Africa Under-5 Lower Respiratory Infection Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality Geospatial Estimates 2000-2017

Infant and Child HealthAfricaInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

Dataset Objective

To estimate lower respiratory infection and mortality among children under 5 in 52 African countries.

Context

Data covers the period 2000-2017.

What is included

Data contains estimates of lower respiratory infection (LRI) incidence, prevalence, and mortality for each country at the zero, first, and second administrative divisions.

Collection Methods

Data is obtained from 191 household surveys with questions about the prevalence of cough with difficulty breathing among children under 5 and allowed for subnational geolocation.