BIBLIOGRAPHIC INPUT SHEET TEMPORARY Patterns of mortality ...

86 Patterns of Mortality in Childhood
9 in Cali, 15 in Cartagena, and 16 in San In the postneonatal period the death rates
Salvador, in addition to those in rural El from infectious diseases were high in many
Salvador and Kingston-St. Andrew. A few areas. Rates were in excess of 20 per 1,000
deaths from tetanus occurred in other live births in four cities: Recife (39.9),
projects. Resistencia (26.5), San Salvador (38.5),
Septicemia caused deaths in the neonatal and Monterrey (21.5), as well as in six
period in nearly all areas but the rates were other areas: Viacha (35.3), suburban San
in excess of 1 per 1,000 live births in 5 areas, Juan (20.1), rural San Juan (26.8), Franca
namely, suburban San Juan, Santiago, (21.8), rural El Salvador (65.7), and rural
comunas of Chile, Kingston-St. Andrew, Chaco (32.4). These are exceedingly high
and Monterrey.
rates. In all of these areas except Franca
TAI.x 35. Nutritional Deficiency and Diarrheal Disease as Underlying and Associated Causes of
Postnconatal Mortality, in 24 Areas of 15 Projects.
Nutritional deficiency
Diarrheal disease
Project and area Underlying Associated Underlying Associated
No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate
ARGENTINA
Chaco Province
Resistencia ...................... 20 2.0 242 24.7 224 22.9 41 4.2
Rural departmenta ............... 10 1.3 201 25.8 223 28.6 37 4.7
San Juan Province
San Juan (city) .................. 3 0.5 47 8.1 44 7.6 16 2.7
Suburban departments ........... 22 2.8 151 19.1 122 15.4 69 8.7
Rural departments ............... 28 2.9 223 23.2 216 22.5 70 8.2
BOLIVIA
La Paz .... .................... 35 1.0 644 17.5 510 13.9 153 4.2
Viacha ......................... - - 24 28.2 17 20.0 10 11.8
BRAZIL
Rccif. ................. .......... 47 1.5 991 32.6 995 32.7 279 9.2
Ribeirao Preto
Ribeiriio Prto (city)............. 2 0.2 114 12.2 03 10.0 24 2.6
Franca ......................... 9 1.8 105 20.6 102 20.0 18 3.5
Communities .................... - - 63 16.4 54 14.1 7 1.8
Sio Paulo ......................... 59 1.0 895 15.4 793 13.6 349 6.0
CANAI)A
Sherbrooke ........................ ­ - 6 0.4 2 0.1 2 0.1
CHILE
Santiago ........................ 36 0.9 431 10.9 385 9.6 126 3.1
Comunas........................ 4 1.2 59 17.4 42 12.4 10 2.9
COLOMBIA
Cali .............................. 44 2.1 256 12.1 337 16.0 76 3.6
Cartagena ........................ 40 2.2 228 12.7 199 11.1 04 5.3
M edellin .......................... 22 1.1 281 14.5 266 13.7 . - 40 2.5
EL SAIVAI)OR
San Salvador................... 29 1.1 546 21.3 856 33.4 143 5.6
Rural nunicipios................ 13 2.4 178 33.0 310 57.4 49 9.1
JAMAICA
Kingston-St. Andrew............... 37 0.9 200 4.9 289 7.1 73 1.8
MEXICO
Monterrcy ....................... 43 0.8 910 17.2 820 15.5 192 3.6
UNITEI) STATES
San Francisco ................... - - 7 0.6 7 0.6 1 0.1
California, suburban ............. - - 14 0.4 3 0.1 2 0.1
a With rates per 1,000 live birthe.