Population Projections and the Use of Direct and Indirect Methods in Estimating Child Mortality for Wasit Governorate

Abstract

Population studies are the knowledge they provide about the population, its distribution, and characteristics, and it is one of the very important matters. The human element is one of the basic dimensions or inputs in planning, whether at the national level or the level of smaller spatial units. Recording the numbers of infant and child deaths faces a problem in correct enumeration. This is because some deaths are not recorded, which leads to the numbers of deaths being inaccurate. In this research, it is necessary for us to know the population projections that depend on the total population census, the age composition, the fertility rate, the death rate, and to estimate the numbers of infant and child deaths because of their importance in the demographic analysis of the population. Through the use of direct and indirect methods, which is represented by the Brass method, to estimate the number of deaths of children in Wasit Governorate, related to the distribution of the population, their geographical movements, and their various characteristics, whether these studies are demographic, economic, or social.