What should be examined in the deaths of children under five years old? Turkey example

Figures & data

Figure 1. Child Mortality by Years in Turkey (2009–2018)

Table 1. Descriptive Statistics of the Variables

Variables	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Standard Deviation
Child Death Number (0–5 years)	281504	423878	361603.8	55384.47
Gini Coefficient	0.379	0.403	0.3885	0.0088976
Ratio of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures to Total Health Expenditures	14.06	17.75	16.391	1.062078
Number of Poor Children	6893	7612	7280	220.9369
Number of Children Living in Unemployed Households	1210	2016	1460.6	229.2176

Table 2. Negative Binomial Regression Estimation Results

Independent Variables	Coefficient	Standard Error	p-value	Confidence Interval (95%)
				Lower Limit	Upper Limit
Gini Coefficient	0.2311	0.044	0.000	0.144	0.317
Ratio of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures to Total Health Expenditures	-0.075	0.012	0.000	-0.099	-0.051
Number of Poor Children	0.0002	0.00005	0.000	0.0001	0.0003
Number of Children Living in Unemployed Households	0.00017	0.00006	0.004	0.0000549	0.000294
Constant Term	11.829	0.676	0.000	10.5032	13.15655
	0.43	0.019	-	-	-

Table 3. Information Criteria for Regression Estimates

Models	Likelihood Ratio Value	AIC	BIC
Negative Binomial	-106.83	227.66	229.77
Generalized Negative Binomial	-108.24	228.48	230.29

Table 4. Negative Binomial Regression Estimation Results

Independent Variables	IRR	Standard Error	p-value
Gini Coefficient	1.26	0.055	0.000
Ratio of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures to Total Health Expenditures	1.0783	0.013	0.000
Number of Poor Children	0.999	0.00005	0.000
Number of Children Living in Unemployed Households	0.999	0.00006	0.004
Constant Term	137299.9	92940.09	0.000
	-0.84
	0.43