During the 2012–2016 drought in La Guajira, Colombia, child mortality rates rose to 23.4 out of 1000. Most of these children belonged to the Wayuu indigenous community, the largest and one of the most vulnerable in Colombia. At the municipal level, this study found a significant positive correlation between the average child mortality rate and households with a monthly income of less than USD 100, the number of people without access to health insurance, being part of the indigenous population, being illiterate, lacking sewage systems, living in rural areas, and large households with members younger than 5 years old and older than 65 years old. No correlation was found with households without access to a water source. The stepwise regression analysis showed that households with a monthly income of less than USD 100, no members older than 65 years old, but several children younger than 5 years old, account for 90.4% of the child mortality rate. This study concludes that, if inhabitants had had better incomes or assets, as well as an adequate infrastructure, they could have faced the drought without the observed increase in child mortality.

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哥伦比亚拉瓜希拉2012-2016年干旱期间儿童死亡率的驱动因素

在哥伦比亚拉瓜希拉（La Guajira）2012-2016年干旱期间，儿童死亡率升至千分之二的23.4。这些儿童大多数属于Wayuu哥伦比亚最大的土著社区，也是最脆弱的社区之一。在市政一级，这项研究发现，平均儿童死亡率与月收入低于100美元的家庭，无法获得医疗保险的人数（属于土著人口的一部分），文盲，缺乏污水处理系统，生活在农村地区，家庭成员年龄小于5岁且年龄大于65岁的大型家庭。没有水源的家庭没有相关性。逐步回归分析显示，月收入低于100美元，没有成员年龄在65岁以上，但有几名5岁以下的儿童的家庭占儿童死亡率的90.4％。这项研究得出的结论是，