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Patternsof Mortalityin Uhlzdhooa
DIPHTHERIA, WHOOPING COUGH, AND TETANUS
The numbers of deaths from these three curred in all projects except Sherbrooke, the
preventable diseases of childhood were rela- highest rate being in Bolivia (Table 82 and
tively few:
Figure 79).
Tetanus was an unusually serious problem
in infancy in Chaco Province, Recife, Car-
Whpiaco290
172 tagena, and El Salvador, but at least one
Tetanus
death occurred in all projects except those
Only eight of the 15 projects had deaths in Bolivia, Sherbrooke, Chile, and Califrom
diphtheria (Table 81). Recife and El fornia (Table 83). Of the 172 tetanus
deaths, 166 were of infants and nearly all
Salvador had the highest rates.
Whooping cough deaths, however, oc-
occurred in the neonatal period, which indi-
TABLE 81. Deaths from Diphtheria as Underlying Cause,
Groups in 15 Projects.
Project
Total
in Children Under 5 Years in Three Age
Under Iyear
1 year 2-4 years
No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No.
Rate
Total ...........................
91
4.3 16 3.4 35 8.1 40 3.3
ARGENTI.NA ..
.
Chaco Province ............ - . .
- -
San Juan Province ............ - -
. . ..
.
BOLIVIA project ............ -
BRAZIL
Recife ........................ 29 23.4 9 29.6 16 59.7 4 5.8
.. ..
Ribeirao P r~to ............. - . ...
2 3.4 1 1.8 4 3.0
Sao Paulo ..................... 7 2.9
CANADA
... ..
Sherbrooke ............... - . ..
2.5 1 0.8
CHILE project .................. 2 1.0 - - 1
COLOMBIA
9 8.9 - - 2 9.9 7 11.5
Cali ..........................
.
..
..
Cartagena ................ - ..
Medellin ...................... 3 3.2 - - - - 3 5.4
1 3.2 10 36.5 13 18.8
EL SALVAIOR project .......... 24 19.2
JAMAICA
7.6 9.8 5 12.8 5 4.8
Kingston-St. Andrew ........... 14 4
MEXICO
- 3 2.4
Monterrey .................... 3 1.4 - - -
UNITED STATES
California project ..............
Rates under 1 year per 100,000 live births, others per 100,000 population.