The DHS.rates Shiny is a web-interface for the DHS.rates .

the DHS.rates is a user-friendly R package developed to calculate fertility and childhood mortality indicators, such as Total Fertility Rate, General Fertility Rate and the Age-Specific Fertility Rates, Neonatal Mortality Rate, Post-Neonatal Mortality Rate, Infant Mortality Rate, Child Mortality Rate and Under-5 Mortality Rate, based on household surveys such as the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS).

Instructions

  • Tab fert is to calculate the fertility rates (TFR, GFR and ASFR) and to estimate standard error, design effect, relative standard error, and confidence interval for each rate.
  • In tab fert , you need to upload a Stata file of a DHS women (IR) dataset or data from other survey with the same format.
  • Tab chmort is to calculate the childhood mortality rates (NNMR, PNMR, IMR, CMR and U5MR) and to estimate standard error, design effect, relative standard error, and confidence interval for each rate.
  • Tab chmort also is to calculate the component death probabilities for eight age segments 0, 1-2, 3-5, 6-11, 12-23, 24-35, 36-47, and 48-59 months of completed age, along with the weighted and weighted total of deaths and children-years exposure for each age segment.
  • In tab chmort , you need to upload a Stata file of a DHS birth (BR) dataset or data from other survey with the same format.
  • To avoid server disconnection, it is highly recommended to delete the unnecessary variables from the .DTA datasets before you upload. It is recommended to upload datasets with size 15,000-25,000 KB.
  • The following Stata code can be used to subset a DHS IR dataset:
    • keep v0* bidx_* b3_* b5_* b7_* awfactt
  • and the following Stata code can be used to subset a DHS BR dataset:
    • keep v0* b3 b7

Author and Maintainer: Mahmoud Elkasabi .

Questions or Comments? visit our forum at userforum.dhsprogram.com

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This web application was developed with support from The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through The DHS Program.

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