BIBLIOGRAPHIC INPUT SHEET TEMPORARY Patterns of mortality ...

212 Patterns of Mortality in Childhood
TABLE 122. Deaths of Infants with Cleft Palate and Cleft Lip by Age of Mother in 15 Projects.
Project
Under 20-24 25-29 30-34 38 ears Unknown
Total 20 year years years years ancrer
Total ........................... 107 27
ARGENTINA
Chaco Province ............... 12 1
San Juan Province ............... 17 2
BO)LIVIA project ................. . 8 2
BRAZI I
Recife......................... 7 2
Ribeirfao Prto.................. 4 -
Slo Paulo ..................... 24 4
CANADA
Sherbrooke ..................... 3 -
CHILE project................... 18 4
COLOMBIA
Call ........................... 4 -
Cartagena ..................... 7 -
M edellin ....................... 14 4
El. SALVADOR project ........... 14 2
JAMAICA
Hinaston-St. Andrew ............ 4 1
MEXICO
Monterrey .................... . 17 2
UNITED STATES
California project ................ 14
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for seven projects for which the distributions
of live births by age of mother were
available, the following rates per 100,000
live births were obtained:
Under 20 years 49.4
20-24 years 27.7
25-29 years 38.5
30-34 years 44.3
35 years andl over 48.4
Thus the rates were practically the same
for the youngest and the oldest age groups,
the lowest rates being those for mothers
20-24 years of age.
Among. the other anomalies of the upper
digestive tract, congenital pyloric stenosis
(750.1) was a cause of death of 31 infants
in 15 projects combined (Table 123). Early
recognition and treatment could prevent
such deaths. Another anomaly in this category
of particularly serious prognosis is
tracheo-esophageal fistula (750.2), which
was responsible for 57 infant deaths in 15
projects combined. Atresia and stenosis of
small intestine (751.1), frequently associated
with Down's disease, was responsible
for 43 deaths, while the subcategory 751.2
(of rectum and anal canal), which includes
anomaly of imperforate anus, produced 72
deaths. Only 19 infant deaths in the Investigation
were due to Hirsehsprung's disease
(751.3) as underlying or associated cause,
and five of these occurred in Kingston-St.
Andrew. Finally, 58 deaths were found to be
due to serious congenital anomalies of the
gallbladder, bile ducts, and liver (751.6), of
which nearly all were atresia of bile ducts.