Table 1 Deaths and person-time observed for BRHP DSS (6,345 deaths among 413,965 person-years aged under 20) and Ethiopian DHS data (10,517 deaths among 544,598 person-years aged under 20).

age group

< 1 year

2,328

24.8

5,227

49.0

1 to 4 years

2,242

89.9

3,349

170.0

5 to 19 years

1,775

299.3

1,941

325.6

sex

female

3,016

207.9

4,785

264.3

male

3,329

206.1

5,732

280.3

residence

rural

5,812

330.2

9,431

439.9

urban

533

83.7

1,086

104.7

year

1987

202

16.4

576

17.1

1988

480

17.5

554

19.2

1989

391

18.6

636

21.1

1990

356

19.8

677

23.5

1991

518

20.5

698

26.2

1992

248

20.8

783

28.8

1993

352

21.2

760

31.5

1994

388

21.7

795

34.0

1995

245

21.6

715

36.7

1996

259

22.1

676

39.5

1997

351

23.2

710

42.6

1998

540

25.1

736

45.6

1999

844

25.8

746

48.6

2000

274

26.9

403

28.2

2001

208

27.4

285

23.4

2002

237

27.9

262

24.9

2003

254

28.3

246

26.2

2004

198

28.4

259

27.6

region

Tigray

-

-

976

53.2

Affar

-

-

751

31.4

Amhara

-

-

1,686

84.7

Oromiya

-

-

1,977

98.9

Somali

-

-

550

36.7

Ben-Gumuz

-

-

839

35.1

SNNP

-

-

1,848

84.1

Gambela

-

-

597

24.4

Harari

-

-

497

27.2

Addis Ababa

-

-

283

42.0

Dire Dawa

-

-

513

27.0