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- ItemEconomic growth and child mortality in Uganda (1990 — 2010)(Kampala International University, College of Economics & Management, 2012-09) Mwebesa, EdsonThis research study set out to investigate the relationship that exists between Economic Growth and Child Mortality in Uganda from 1990 — 2010. The study used Expost facto methods as it used already existing facts, descriptive and inferential methods (correlation and regression analysis) in investigating whether there was a significant relationship between Economic Growth and Child Mortality in Uganda. The study found out that there is a negative relationship between Economic Growth and Child Mortality of (r = -0.306) and Adjusted R2 = 0.0460 at 0.05 level of significance showing that as economic growth increases, child mortality reduces.Up on regression, at 0.05 and 0.1 levels of significance, the data showed that there is no significant relationship between economic growth and child mortality in Uganda from 1990 — 2010 and the relationship was significant at 0.25 level of significant.