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Statistical Analysis Of Infant Mortality Rate
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
General
hospital Okene began as small clinic in 1960. It was built and equipped
from free will donation by the government. The location of the hospital
was then a very rural area isolated from Okene Township.
Okene
General Hospital gradually grew, expanded and kept pale with the overall
development in Okene town. For long, it was the only health institution
in the whole of Okene. Along the line, when development has started
full in town, the conversion of their hospital from clinic to a
comprehensive hospital in 1972 and later converted to general hospital
in 1978 was due to Okene development of the town and government
consideration.
General hospital Okene from the beginning was health
service centre where physical and spiritual needs were attended to. The
youth from various schools of nursing were trained there to give
dedicated professional service to the sick. For many years, the hospital
was under the control of the state, other government organization
bodies i.e. petroleum trust fund, family economic advancement programmed
(F.E.A.P.) etc.
Once more, general hospital Okene has since
developed from a majority clinic comprehensive and is now a general
hospital with the following departments;
Record department (where the researcher obtained her data for this analysis).
Laboratory department.
X-ray department.
Administrative department
The canteen, carpentry and electric department.
The hospital also divided into general department and general wards;
Male surgical ward.
Female surgical ward.
Children ward.
Premature unit.
Private ward.
Operation of surgical wise.
The
hospital having a total of one hundred and eighty seven (187) beds with
the total of four (4) specialist doctors with one hundred (100-above)
and above workers.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study is to carry out statistical analysis of infant mortality rate in Kogi state from the period of 2006 – 2015. And computation was made by using the analysis from infant death and life birth in General Hospital Okene, Local Government Area, Kogi State. The analysis made it possible to know that there is a perfect negative correlation between infant death and life birth respectively. ... Continue reading---
