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156.. Patterhei o[Mortality'inChildhood
OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES
In Table 71 the numbers of deaths from
other specific infective and parasitic diseases
were presented to complete the account
of morbid conditions belonging to this iraportant
broad group.
Among the bacterial diseases, ineningococcal
infections (036) were found responsible
for 30 deaths, of which 11 occurred in
Sio Paulo and nine in the California project.
Streptococcal infections (034) were
assigned as the underlying cause of only
three deaths in the entire Investigation.
As for the viral diseases, poliomyelifis
(040-046) was underlying cause of 31 deaths
(Table 84) in 10 of the 15 projects. Cartagena,
Recife, and Monterrey had five apiece
and the other pr'ojects from one to four.
Only four deaths were known to have occurred
from smallpox (050) as underlying
cause, three caun in ethre Riheiri'io R berli
Pr~to
P~ o
and
nd
one
one
in
in
Sdo Paulo. Infectious hepatitis (070) caused
44 deaths in 12 oi the 15 projects: eight
occurred in Monterrey and seven in Silo
Paulo. Rabies (071) produced four deaths,
two in Cali and one each in Recife and San
Juan Province. Mumps (072) caused nine
deaths distributed in five projects. Other
viral diseases such as viral encephalitis,
cytomegalic inclusion disease, and others
caused 62 deaths, of which 12 occurred in
the Chilean project, 10 in San Juan Province,
and eight in the Bolivia project.
Among the parasitic diseases, Chagas'
disease (086) caused 13 deaths: seven in
San Juan Province, three in Ribeirfio Pr~to,
two in Chile, and one in Chaco Province.
Finally, congenital toxoplasmosis (130) was
responsible for 18 deaths, of which eight
occurred in Sdo Paulo and three in Ribeirfio
Pr6to, while seven other projects had one
each.
Congenital syphilis (090) resulted in 95
deaths and was an associated cause in 25
more in all projects (Table 85). These totals
do not include those deaths in which syphilis
in the mother (761.0) was the underlying or
an associated cause of an infant death and
was therefore included among the so-called
perinatal causes of morbidity and mortality
discussed in Chapter VI.
TABLE 84. Deaths from Poliomyelitis as Underlying
Cause' in Children Under 5 Years of Age in
15 Projects.
Project No. Rate
Total .......................... 31 1.5
ARG 'NTINA
Chaco Province ............. - -
Sat. Juan Province ........... - -
BOLIVIA project ..............
JBRAZIL
Recife ......................
Ribeirio Preto ...............
Sio Paulo ...................
CANADA
Sherbrooke ..................
CHILE project ................
COLOMBIA
Cali ........................
Cartagena ........ .......
Medellln
EL SALVADOR project ........
JAMAICA
Kingston-St. Andrew .........
MEXICO
Monterrey ...................
UNITED STATES
California project............
• Rates per 100,000 population.
2 1.3
5
2
1
4.0
2.4
0.4
-
1
-
0.5
4
5
2
-
-
5
4
4.0
5.8
2.1
-
-
2.3
2.0