Statistical Analysis on Infant Mortality Rate in Bauchi State

Ali Adamu, Ahmed Abdulkadir, Abdulmajid Lawal

Abstract


The risk of a child dying before completing the first year of age is quiet alarming. This is referring to Infant mortality and is specifically stated as one of the goals of the MDGs in Nigeria, i.e. to reduce infant mortality by two-third in the year 2015. Therefore, this research is based on the statistical analysis on infant mortality in Bauchi State. The secondary data was collected from the Specialist Hospital Bauchi in the form of the yearly record of infant mortality between 2000 and 2014. Time series (TREND) was employed to determine the trend and estimate the model parameters. The researchers also followed the trend to forecast for the next 20years. Based on the findings, the recommendations made include: government to organize a workshop in order to enlighten general public on maternal healthcare. It is therefore concluded that there was a decrease in the infant death particularly between 2010 and 2014.


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