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Poverty Mapping Project: Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_PMP_IMR

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Summary

Abstract: The Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates consists of estimates of infant mortality rates for the year 2000. The infant mortality rate for a region or country is defined as the number of children who die before their first birthday for every 1,000 live births. The data products include a shapefile (vector data) of rates, grids (raster data) of rates (per 10,000 live births in order to preserve ...

Purpose: To provide a global subnational map of infant mortality rate estimates that can be used by a wide user community in interdisciplinary studies of health, poverty and the environment.

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Link: GET DATA

Description: Data download page.

Link: GET RELATED VISUALIZATION

Description: Maps in PDF and PNG formats.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 85.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University

Dataset Title: Poverty Mapping Project: Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates

Dataset Release Date: 2005

Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY

Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)

Version: 1.00

Data Presentation Form: raster, vector, tabular, map

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/povmap-global-subnational...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2000-01-01

Stop Date: 2000-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

Science Keywords

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > DRAINAGE

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

Project

UNEP/GRID > UNEP/Global Resources Information Database

Use Constraints There is no guarantee of warranty concerning the accuracy of these data. Users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since the data was collected and that some parts of these data may no longer represent actual surface conditions. Users should not use these data for critical applications without a full awareness of their limitations. Acknowledgement of the originating agencies would be appreciated in products derived from these data. Any user who modifies the data set is obligated to describe the types of modifications they perform. User specifically agrees not to misrepresent the data set, nor to imply that changes made were approved or endorsed by the U.S. Geological Survey. Please refer to http://www.usgs.gov/privacy.html for the USGS disclaimer.

Ancillary Keywords

waterbasin

water

Data Center

Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior

Data Center URL: http://eros.usgs.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: EROS CENTER Phone: 605-594-6151 Phone: 800-252-4547 Fax: 605-594-6589 Email: lta at usgs.gov Contact Address: LTA Customer Services U.S. Geological Survey EROS Center 47914 252nd Street City: Sioux Falls Province or State: SD Postal Code: 57198-0001 Country: USA

Personnel

GREGORY GIULIANI

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Email: geo at unepgrid.ch

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2013-02-21

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-04-17

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