BIBLIOGRAPHIC INPUT SHEET TEMPORARY Patterns of mortality ...

232 Patternsof Mortalityin Childhood.
DISEASES OF DbGESTIVE SYSTEM
This group (categories 520-577) includes tinal obstruction was the most frequent
abnormal conditions of organs and tissues associated cause in this group.
of the mouth, o the salivary glands, esopliagus,
stomach, intestine, peritoneum, liver, TABLE 138. Mortality' from Diseases of Digestive
System' as Underlying or Associated Causes in
and pancreas. The specific infectious dis- Children Under' 5 Years of Age in 15 Projects.
eases and the congenital anomalies of this U Underlying
Associated
system are not included, although the Project
hernias and a few congenital abnormalities No. Rate No. Rate
of the mandibles have been included.
Ther'e were 217 deaths of children under 5 Total ....................... 217 10.3 1.103 52.6
ARGENTINA
years of age in which these diseases were Chaco Province ............ 13 18.0 12 15.
assigned its underlying causes. The rates San Juan Province ......... 19 18.2 140 134.0
BOLIVIA project ............ 28 17.7 32 20.2
varied from 4.9 per 100,000 population in BRAZIL
Recife ................... . 17 13.7 105 84.7
the California project to 18.2 in San Juan Ribeirao Preto ............. 4 4.8 29 35.2
Province (Table 138). The conditions 1nost Sao Paulo ................. 28 11.5 130 57.0
CANADA
frequently encountered as underlying causes Sherbrooke ................ 5 5.5 6 8.6
were hernias, intestinal obstructions such ClILEAproject..............18 7.7 64 28.0
as intussusception and volvuhls (not con- Call ..................... 10 9.9 32 31.6
Cartagena ................ 13 15.1 75 87.2
genital), and unspecified diseases of the Medellin .................. 6 6.4 41 43.9
EL, SALVADOR project ...... 11 8.8 179 142.9
liver such as acute necrosis (570) and others JAMAICA
(573). Kingston-St. Andrew ...... 23 12.8 40 21.8
MIEXICO
Diseases of the digestive system con- Monterrey ................ 14 6.4 190 87.2
UNITED STATES
tributed to 1,103 deaths as associated causes, California project .......... 10 4.9 29 14.2
with rates varying from 6.6 in Sherbrooke
to 142.9 in the El Salvador project. Intes- b Categories 520-577.
a Rates per 100,000 population.
OTHER DISEASES
The broad group of diseases of the genito- urinary tract infection not otherwise speciurinary
system (categories 580-629) acted fled, only two being due to acute glomeruas
underlying causes of 138 deaths (Table lonephritis.
139). Of these, 48 occurred in Siio Pauio; on As associated causes the diseases of the
reviewing time master tabulations of this genito-urinary system contributed to 589
project it was found that most of these deaths in the 15 projects. Infections of the
deaths were due to pyelonephritis and to urinary tract were most commonly found