Exploring geological and socio-demographic factors associated with under-five mortality in the Wenchuan earthquake using neural network model

• Published in: International journal of environmental health research Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 184 - 196
• Main Authors: Hu, Yi, Wang, Jinfeng, Li, Xiaohong, Ren, Dan, Driskell, Luke, Zhu, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 01.04.2012; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: Child Mortality; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; China - epidemiology; Demographics; Demography; earthquake; Earthquakes; Earthquakes - mortality; Geographic Information System (GIS); Geological Phenomena; Humans; Infant; Infant Mortality; Infant, Newborn; Mortality; neural network model; Neural networks; Neural Networks (Computer); risk factors; Sensitivity analysis; under-five mortality; China; Sichuan China; China, People's Rep., Sichuan Prov

On 12 May 2008, a devastating earthquake occurred in Sichuan Province, China, taking tens of thousands of lives and destroying the homes of millions of people. Among the large number of dead or missing were children, particularly children aged less than five years old, a fact which drew significant...