Patel M
J Epidemiol Community Health. 1980 Jun;34(2):76-82. doi: 10.1136/jech.34.2.76.
One of the findings of this study is that regional variations in the infant mortality rates of Sri Lanka are large, ranging from 26 per 1000 live births in Jaffna to 91 per 1000 in Nuwara Eliya, a tea estate district. These differences are more strongly associated with regional variations in environmental determinants of mortality than with regional variations in public health expenditure. The most significant environmental factor associated with interregional infant mortality rates was to be the nature of the water supply (r = -0.82, significant at the 99% level). Regional government expenditure on health had only a weak association with infant mortality rates (r = 0.08).
这项研究的发现之一是,斯里兰卡婴儿死亡率的地区差异很大,从贾夫纳每1000例活产26例到茶叶种植区努沃勒埃利耶每1000例活产91例不等。这些差异与死亡率环境决定因素的地区差异的关联,比与公共卫生支出的地区差异的关联更强。与区域间婴儿死亡率相关的最显著环境因素是供水性质(r = -0.82,在99%的水平上显著)。地方政府的卫生支出与婴儿死亡率的关联较弱(r = 0.08)。