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ChapterXI. Other Diseases and External Causes
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Fia. 111. Mortality from Diseases of Nervous
System and Sense Organs as Underlying or Associated
Causes in Children Under 5 Years, by Age
Group, in 15 Projects.
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was great, with those as underlying cause
going from 1.1 and 1.2 per 100,000 population
in the Sherbrooke and Ribeirdo Prto
projects to over 9 in Chile and Sio Paulo, as
is shown in Figure 112. Most of these deaths
had the precedent of difficult labor with
trauma or asphyxia, or a history of severe
asphyxia at birth. No double coding was
in category 345 (epilepsy) were not found
to be significant as underlying or associated
causes of death. The forms encountered
were of the generalized convulsive type
known to be relatively infrequent in small
children. Less than 2 per cent of children
have an onset under 2 years of age (Livingston,
1954). In the 15 projects only 33
the cerebral palsy was due to
deaths
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reported as sdet due to epilepsy plpyaas
usedlicwhensthe cerbr pael wasTetounderlying cause and 26 as associated cause.
complications of labor or delivery. The The figurs obtained cannot be taken as a
marked variations in mortality from thismesrofteicdncfeplsyTh
measure of the incidence of epilepsy. The
morbid state indicate the need to search for
causes such as complications of labor and
delivery in each of the project areas,
The various forms of disorders included
need is clear, however, for prompt recognition
and supervised treatment to help prevent
deaths as well as complications in
survivors.