Under-Five Mortality in Buea Health District, Southwest Cameroon: Evidence from a Community-Based Birth Cohort Study of Rate, Causes, and Age-Specific Patterns

Table 1

Mortality rate stratified by age groups.

Age group	Number of deaths (percentage)	Mortality rate (/1000 live births) (95% CI)
Infant	59 (64.1%)	27 (20-34)
Neonatal	40 (43.5%)	18 (13-24)
Postneonatal	19 (20.6%)	09 (5-13)
Child	33 (35.9%)	15 (10-20)
Under-five	92 (100%)	42 (33-50)