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MEDLINE, Embase, ProQuest, Wiley, OpenGrey, Google Scholar, and LILACS were searched through October 2024. Childhood mortality was defined as death before age five. Comparable social determinants were pooled quantitatively, while cultural factors were synthesized narratively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Thirty-two studies were included in the qualitative synthesis and 18 in the meta-analysis, mainly from Africa. Mortality was associated with poverty (OR 2.25), low birth height (OR 1.98), lack of breastfeeding (OR 8.04), poor prenatal care (OR 3.32), and previous child death in the family (OR 4.56). Several estimates showed high heterogeneity. 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