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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 ... View entire text

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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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 85.0   S: -90.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Mantua et al.
Dataset Title: Selected Pacific salmon catch records with PDO signatures.
Dataset Release Date: 1997
Dataset Publisher: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Issue Identification: 78
Other Citation Details: 1069-1079
Online Resource: http://cses.washington.edu/cig/pnwc/pnwsalmon.shtml
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1920-01-01
Stop Date: 1997-12-31
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Data Center
Center for Science in the Earth System, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.cses.washington.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: CLIMATE IMPACTS GROUP
Phone: 206-616-5350
Fax: 206-616-5775
Email: cig at uw.edu
Contact Address:
Climate Impacts Group
Center for Science in the Earth System Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO)
University of Washington
Box 355672
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98195-5672
Country: USA
Publications/References
Mantua, N.J., S.R. Hare, Y. Zhang, J.M. Wallace, and R.C. Francis (1997), A Pacific interdecadal climate oscillation with impacts on salmon production., 78, 1069-1079, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, http://cses.washington.edu/db/pubs/abstract76.shtml
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2010-11-04
Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-11-04

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