Risk factors and child mortality among the Miao in Yunnan, Southwest China.

Environmental factors and the lifestyle of communities in developing countries as in the industrialized world have a great deal to do with their health status. This study carried out among the Miao people of southeastern Yunnan province in Southwest China has demonstrated important links between child mortality (one indicator of health status) and specific risk factors. These include lifestyle variables such as geographic mobility, the age of weaning and religious belief.