Threshold Levels of Infant and Under-Five Mortality for Crossover between Life Expectancies at Ages Zero, One and Five in India: A Decomposition Analysis

Manisha Dubey; Usha Ram; Faujdar Ram

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143764

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Threshold Levels of Infant and Under-Five Mortality for Crossover between Life Expectancies at Ages Zero, One and Five in India: A Decomposition Analysis

Manisha Dubey ,

* E-mail: manikvdlw@gmail.com

Affiliation International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Usha Ram ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Usha Ram, Faujdar Ram

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Mortality Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Faujdar Ram

Contributed equally to this work with: Usha Ram, Faujdar Ram

Affiliation International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Threshold Levels of Infant and Under-Five Mortality for Crossover between Life Expectancies at Ages Zero, One and Five in India: A Decomposition Analysis

Manisha Dubey,
Usha Ram,
Faujdar Ram

Published: December 18, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143764

About the Authors

Manisha Dubey

* E-mail: manikvdlw@gmail.com

Affiliation International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Usha Ram

Contributed equally to this work with: Usha Ram, Faujdar Ram

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Mortality Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Faujdar Ram

Contributed equally to this work with: Usha Ram, Faujdar Ram

Affiliation International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD FR. Performed the experiments: MD UR FR. Analyzed the data: MD FR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FR. Wrote the paper: UR MD FR. Final proof reading and English edition: FR UR MD.

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