Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
This study uses annual time series data on under five
mortality rate for Rwanda from 1960 to 2020 to predict future trends of
under-five mortality rate over the period 2021 to 2030. Residuals and forecast
evaluation criteria indicate that the applied ANN (12, 12, 1) model is stable
in forecasting U5MR. ANN model projections revealed that the annualU5MR will
hover around 42 deaths per 1000 live births throughout the out of sample
period. Therefore, we implore the Rwandan government to focus on solving all
the pertinent issues affecting under five children especially in the rural
areas.
Country : Zimbabwe
IRJIET, Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2022 pp. 438-441