Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor|Eddy van Doorslaer|Niko Speybroeck|Mohsen Naghavi|Kazem Mohammad|Reza Majdzadeh|Bahram Delavar|Hamidreza Jamshidi|Jeanette Vega
Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in infant mortality in Iran
World Health Organization
although measuring socioeconomic inequality population health indicators like infant mortality important interesting policy purposes try explain infant mortality inequality objective paper quantify first time determinants contributions socioeconomic inequality infant mortality irana nationally representative sample 108 875 live births october 1990 september 1999 selected data taken iranian demographic health survey dhs conducted 2000 households socioeconomic status measured using principal component analysis concentration index infant mortality used measure socioeconomic inequality decomposed determining factorsthe largest contributions inequality infant mortality owing household economic status 362 mothers education 209 residency ruralurban areas 139 birth interval 130 hygienic status toilet 119 also proved important contributors measured inequalitythe findings indicate socioeconomic inequality infant mortality iran determined health system functions also factors beyond scope health authorities care delivery system implies addition reducing inequalities wealth education investments water sanitation infrastructure programmes especially rural areas necessary realize improvements inequality infant mortality across society findings instrumental recent 5 year economic social cultural development plan iran identified reduction inequalities social determinants health