ARIMA Modelling of Neonatal Mortality in Abia State of Nigeria
In this study, the incidence neonatal mortality in Abia State of Nigeria was consideredusing data from January 2014 to December 2018. The data was obtained from the FederalMedical Centre, Umuahia in Abia State of Nigeria. The time plot of the data and the ADFtest conducted conrmed the series to be stationary. The plots of the ACF and PACF cuto after lags 4 and 1 respectively which suggested ARIMA (1, 0, 4). However, diagnosticchecks led us to select ARIMA (1, 0, 1) as the best model to t the data and it was used tomake forecast. Our forecasted values indicate there will be a continous decline in the incidenceof neonatal mortality in Abia State of Nigeria. Much should be done to even expedite the decrease.
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