Summary Key Points:
Mortality In the first half of 2016, 42 mortalities were reported from Azraq camp with a Crude Mortality Rate (CMR) of (0.3/1,000 population/month; 4.0/1,000 population/year) which is higher than the reported CMR in Azraq camp in 2015 (0.1/1,000 population/month; 1.6/1,000 population/year) and is comparable to the reported CMR in Syria prior to the conflict in 2010 (0.33/1,000 population/month; 4/1,000 population/year)1 but lower than the reported CMR in Jordan in 2014 according to the Department of Statistics (0.51/1,000 population/month; 6.1/1,000 population/year).
Among the 42 deaths, 8 were neonatal with neonatal mortality rate of 14.0/1,000 livebirths which is lower than the reported neonatal mortality rate in Azraq in 2015 (18.2/1,000 livebirths) and is comparable to Jordan’s neonatal mortality rate of 14.9/1,000 livebirths; 52% of total reported mortalities were children under 5 years of age. Reporting of NNM has improved in 2016 taking into consideration age in terms of days, months and years, thus the NNMR is 2015 is likely to be overestimated.
CMR is influenced by the size of the population. CMR was calculated based on the median population in Azraq camp in the first half of 2016 which was 20,854. The peak of influx of new arrivals to Azraq camp was observed mainly during the second quarter of 2016.
The cases of deaths reported in Azraq camp are the cases that took place inside the camp as well as cases referred to health facilities outside the camp. Nevertheless, this system does not capture death cases that take place outside the camp who have not followed the usual referral procedures; i.e. cases that by themselves directly approached health facilities outside the camp and have not been reported by their family members back in the camp. Thus, the calculated CMR for Azraq in the first half of 2016 is likely to be underestimated.