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118 Patterns of Mortality in Childhood
-TABLE 61. Neonatal Mortality, Due to Anoxic and Hypoxia Conditions as Underlying Causes by Age
of Mother in Five Projects.
Age of mother
Total .....................
Brazil
Chile El Salvador Mexico
Sao Paulo project project Monterrey
United States
California
project
025.9 440.6 380.4 264.1 163.2
Under 20 years ............ 1,171.9 514.6 528.1 504.6 239.8
20-24 years ................ 036.0 449.5 357.9 302.3 170.0
25-29 years ................ 499.9 468.3 328.4 221.6 125.4
30-34 years............... 585.0 388.4 332.3 190.8 105.6
35 years and over .......... 611.4 335.5 371.2 189.0 219.1
Rates per 100,000 live births.
Fla. 57. Neonatal Mortality Due to Anoxic and Hypoxia Conditions as Underlying Causes by Age
of Mother in Five Projects.
1200
I000
SAO PAULO CHILE PROJECT EL SALVADOR MONiERREY CALIFORNIA
PROJECT
PROJECT
0 o 600
4 0
00
0o I I I I I I I I I I I I -
AO
Of MOTHERIN YEARS
Birth Order
risk of dying from perinatal causes during
tile neonatal period.
Data available on distribution of live TABLE 62. Neonatal Mortality' Due to Certain
births by birth order were suitable for use Perinatal Causes as Underlying Causes by Birth
in only three projects (Chile, Monterrey, Order in Three Projects.
and California). The relationship between Chile Mexico United States
project Monterrey prnia
birth order and neonatal mortality from
certain perinatal causes can be seen in Total ............. 1,858.7 1,516.7 947.7
Table 62 and Figure 58. The death rates
............... 1,361.9 1,218.8 646.1
increased rapidly after the first birth in 2................ 1,626.9 1,201.7 853.8
two of the three projects and after the third 3............... 1.999.9 1,151.4 1,239.4
4 ................ 2,168.1 1,335.1 1,703.0
birth in the Monterrey project. Infants of 5and over ........ 2,958.4 2,125.0 1,894.7
birth order 5 or higher were at the greatest lRates per 100,000 live births.