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58 Tracking and Projection of the Changes in Leading Causes of Deaths in India,
1990-2031: Evidence from Urban Maharashtra

Babul Hossain
International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India

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4. Mortality, Morbidity, Epidemiology and Causes of Death

Abstract

The study examines the Causes of death (CoD) in urban Maharashtra by age and projects the leading CoD up to
2031 using medically certified causes of death (MCCD) data from urban areas of Maharashtra, 1990-2018 for the
analyses. The cause-wise death rate was estimated, standardized for age groups, and projected by using an
exponential linear regression model. The results show that the “diseases of the circulatory system” were consistently
the leading CoD during 1990-2018. The “infectious and parasitic disease” and “diseases related to respiratory
system” were the second and third leading CoD, respectively. For children and the young population, the leading
CoD was the “certain conditions originating in the prenatal period” and “injury and poisoning,” respectively, among
both sexes. Among adults, the leading CoD was “infectious and parasitic diseases.” In the case of the adult female
and elderly population, “diseases of circulatory system” causing the most deaths.

1602 Reducing Low Birth Weight: A Lesson Learned from Mataram, Indonesia

Angga Rahadian, Widayatun Suparno, Yuly Astuti

Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia

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3. Fertility, Fecundity, Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights

Abstract

Maternal and child health has still become a global issue. One of the issues at the area that need to be addressed
is low birth weight babies. This also happens in Indonesia where the rate of low birth weight babies still high. Even
though, there is a programe to reduce the issue, the result still has not been expected. This article aims to explore
the local programme which successfully reduce the rate of the issue. The research questions are; what is the
difference with the other low birth weight programme? Then, how did the programme run? The last, who have a
significant role to run the programme? To answer the questions, a qualitative method by in-depth interview, FGD,
and observation was conducted. During the study, we found that the local programme involving family to always
support helping the low birth weight babies. In addition, the members of the family who have low birth weight
babies having a significant role. Lastly, the collaboration between family members, health workers, and the
community is the key to achieve the programme succeed. The central government need to raise awareness of the
importance of family approach to be involved in maternal and health issues.

744 Barriers in Accessibility of Public Health Facility in India: Evidence from the
National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4)

Gulshan Kumar, Reshmi R.S.

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