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ChapterVII. :Mdrtality in Early Childhood
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MORTALITY IN CHILDREN 2-4 YEARS OF AGE
While total death rates of children one
year of age varied from 0.8 to 50.7 per 1,000
population, in the remainder of early childhood
the variation was much less, from 0.7
to 18.0 (Table 69 and Figure 66). Among
children 2-4 years of age, mortality was
highest in two rural areas, namely, Viacha
(10.7) and the municipios of El Salvador
(18.0).
In this age period, mortality in certain
TA3LE 69. Mortality' of Children 2-4 Years of
Age from All Causes in 25 Areas of 15 Projects.
ARGENTINA
Area Deaths Rate
Chaco ,"rovince
Resistencia .................. 34 1.4
Rural departments ........... 60 2.9
San Juan Province
San Juan (city) .............. 11 0.7
Suburban departments ........ 34 1.6
Rural departments ........... 58 2.2
BOLIVIA
La Paz ..................... 531 6.1
Viacha ...................... 20 10.7
BRAZIL
Recife ........................ 347 5.0
Ribeirtio Prte
Ribeirfo Pr~to (city) ......... 30 1.2
Franca ...................... 38 2.0
Communities ................ 20 2.0
SAO Paulo ..................... 242 1.8
CANADA
Sherbrooke .................... 41 0.7
CHILE
Santiago .................... 133 1.1
Comunaa ................... 11 1.1
COLOMBIA
Call ......................... 203 3.3
133 2.6
Cartagena ..... .............
... 191
3.4
Medellin ............ ......
EL SALVADOR
San Salvador ................ 246 4.3
Rural municipioa ............. 217 18.0
JAMAICA
Metropolitan Kingston ....... 122 1.3
St. Andrew, rural ............ 17 1.9
M,.EXICO
M onterrey ................... . 312 2.5
UNITED STATES
San Francisco............... ....
.... 17
0.7
California, suburban .......... 64 0.7
5 Rates per 1,000 population.
Latin American areas is approaching the low
rates in the Sherbrooke and California
projects. In fact the rates were as low as
0.7 to 1.4 per 1,000 population in nine areas
(including those in Northern America):
Mes Metropolitan itn Kingston 1.3 1.4
Ribeirfo Prdto (city) 1.2
Chile, comunas 1.1
Santiago 1.1
San Juan (city) 0.7
Sanruno cie
0.7
Sherbrooke 0.7
San Francisco 0.7
California, suburban 0.7
The death rates for specific causes, per
100,000 population, are given for 15 projects
in Table 68, along with the data for oneyear-old
children. The differences in the
projects with high and low rates are striking.
In the 2-4 year age group, measles (seeond
bar in Figure 67) caused more deaths
Fia. 66. Mortality of Childen 2-4 Years of Age
from All Causes in 25 Areas of 15 Projects.
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