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T,%BLE 95. Mortalityo from Nutritional Deficiency, by Type, for Three-Month Age Groups in San Salvador
and Rural Municipios of El Salvador.
San Salvador
Rural munlcipios
Age group
in Total
Protein
malnutrition
Nutritional
marasmus
Other
Total
Protein
mnalutrition
Nutritional
marasusnu
Other
months (267) (268) (209) (207) (268)
No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Hate No. late No. Rate
Total ........ 1,018 980.2 168 161.8 238 229.2 612 589.3 507t , 2,365.8 180 839.9 60 280.0 20 1,241.3
0-2 .......... 140 569.9 - - 25 07.6 121 472.3 40 740.7 I 18.5 2 :17.0 37 685.2
3-5 .......... 197 768.0 2 7.8 53 200.9 142 554.3 61 1,129.6 1 18.5 10 185.2 50 125.9
6-8 .......... 129 503.5 0 23.4 33 128.8 90 351.3 56 , 1,037.0 6 111.1 7 129.6 ,12 777.8
9-11 ......... 125 487.0 15 58.5 35 130.6 75 292.7 41 759.3 9 160.7 .I 74.1 28 518.5
12-14 ........ 109 477.0 24 105.0 32 140.0 53 231.9 52 1,153.0 II 243.9 13 288.2 28 (120.8
15-17 ........ 01 267.0 10 83.2 14 61.3 28 122.5 33 731.7 16 354.8 5 110.9 12 2611.1
18-20 ........ 50 218.8 20 87.5 11 48.1 10 83.2 33 731.7 14 310.4 7 155.2 12 266.1
21-23 ........ 42 183.8 17 74.4 10 43.8 15 65.6 29 643.0 13 288.2 4 88.7 12 266.1
24-20 ........ 32 167.9 20 104.9 2 10.5 10 52.5 23 573.1 10 318.7 - - 7 174.4
27-20 ........ 27 141.0 10 52.5 5 26.2 12 62.9 28 697.7 20 498.4 2 40.8 6 149.5
30-32 ........19 09.7 3 15.7 5 26.2 11 57.7 17 4123.6 10 240.2 I 24.!) 0 149.5
33-35 ....... I1 57.7 5 26.2 1 5.2 5 26.2 18 .148.5 11 27.1.1 1 2.1.9 0 149.5
36-38 ........ 8 42.0 4 21.0 1 5.2 3 15.7 11 274.1 0 1.10.5 I 2.1.9 .1 9 .7
39-41 ........13 68.2 4 21.0 3 15.7 0 31.5 i 12 290.0 10 249.2 - - 2 49.8
42-44 ........17 89.2 7 36.7 4 21.0 6 31.5 0 14t9.5 .I 09.7 - - 2 40.8
45-47 ........ 7 36.7 3 15.7 1 5.2 3 15.7 1I 274.1 7 174.4 - - 4 19.7
48-50 ........ 0 31.5 1 5.2 1 5.2 4 21.1) 13 323.9 11 274.1 1 24.9 1 24.9
51-53 ........ 4 21.0 2 10.5 - - 2 10.5 10 249.2 5 124.0 1 24.9 4 00.7
54-56 ........ 7 36.7 3 15.7 1 5.2 3 15.7 7 174.4 5 124.6 I 21.9 I 24.0
57-59........ 8 42.0 3 15.7 I 5.2 .1 21.0 6 140.5 4 00.7 - - 2 49.8
Rates under I year of age per 100,000 live births; others per 100,000 population.
b Includes I death with rickets (265.0) asassmoviated catse.
Figure 89 shows the rates for protein nt I- Fia. 89. Mortality from Nutritional Deficiency
and from Protein Malnutrition for Three-Month
nutrition alng with the total rates for nu- Age Groups in the First Two Years of Life in
tritional deficiency by three-nonth age Three Projects.
groups for tlhree projects (Recife, Carta- RECIF CARTAGENA CALI
gena, and Call). In Cartagena the peak o00 ,
rates for protein malnutrition occurred - .oo
among children 12-14 nonths of age, and 5
in Recife the rates were highest for those 60oe
aged 9-17 months. In Cali the highest rate .
was for children 15-17 nlontis old. In all
three projects, in the last age group of the 20o .....
two-year pleriod (21 to 23 inonths) essen- o ... ,,
tially half the deaths fronm nutritional de- a 6 12 0 ,6 , 0 6 I2 IS 2,
MONTH OF AGE
ficiency were due to lotein malnutrition.
For El Salvador, where nutritional de-
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ficiency was a )articularly serious )rol)le, 4.1., .. * n...rp, 100,000 pop.I...