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to be associated with congenital anomalies TABLE 140. Mortality* from Diseases of Skin and
Subcutaneous
of the
Tissueb as Underlying
urinary
or Associated
system, infections of the in- Causes in Children Under 5 Years of Age in 15
testinal tract, and with severe forms of nu- Projects.
tritional deficiency. Underlying Associated
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous
Project
tissue (categories 680-709) were responsible No. Rate No. Hate
for 164 deaths (Table 140). From the viewpoint
of mortality, the infections of skin and Total ...................... 104 7.8 460 21.9
subcutaneous tissue (680-686) were by far ARGENTINA
the most important, and of these, boil and Chaco Province ............ 12 15.6 14 18.2
San Juan Province ......... 10 9.6 34 32.5
carbuncle (680), cellulitis (681-682), impe- BOLIVIA project ............ 10 6.3 11 7.0
tigo (684), and other localized infections of
skin (686) predominated as associated or
BRAZIL
Recife .................... 39 31.5 82 60.2
RibeirAoPrto ............. 8 0.7 14 17.0
S.o Paulo ................. 10 4.1 01 25.0
underlying 2auses. In many of the deaths in CANADA
which these conditions were assigned as un- Sherbrooke ................ 2 2.2 - -
CHILE project .............. 13 6.3 35 16.8
COLOMBIA
derlying cause, and particularly in small infants,
septicemia was the consequence. In Cali ...................... 5 4.0 26 25.7
Cartagena .............. .. . 5 5.8 25 29.1
the 15 projects they were associated causes ,ledelln .................. 10 10.7 25 26.8
El, SALVADOR project ...... 14 11.2 59 47.1
JAMAICA
TABLE] 139. Mortality, from Diseases of Genito- Kingston-St. Andrew ....... 7 3.8 17 9.3
Urinary System' as Underlying or Associated MEXICO
Causes in Children Under 5 Years of Age in 15 Monterrey ................ 19 8.7 56 25.7
Projects.
Project
UNITED STATES
California project ......... - - I 0.5
Underlying Associated
: Rates per 100,000 population.
No. Rate No. Rate o Categories 680-709.
Total....................... 138 6.6 589 28.1
ARGENTINA
in 460 deaths, with rates per 100,000 popula-
Chaco Province ............ 5 6.5 17 22.1 tion varying from 0.5 in California to
San Juan Province ......... 7 6.7 20 19.1
BOLIVIA project ............ 3 1.9 17 10.8 66.2 in Recife. In the former project only
BRAZIL
one death was due to one of these conditions
Recife .................... 5 4.0 50 40.4
Ribeirlo Pr6to ............. 7 8.5 9 10.9 as associated cause, and none as underlying
Sao Paulo ................ 48 19.7 127 52.1 cause. In Sherbrooke only two deaths were
CANADA
Sherbrooke ................ - - 3 3.3 due to these conditions as underlying causes.
CHILE project .............. 9 4.3 47 22.0 Low mortality from these infections of the
COLOMBIA
Call ..................... I 10.9 25 24.7 skin in certain projects is an indication of
Cartagena ................ 10 11.6 61 70.9 the value of adequate standards of hygiene
Medellin ................. . 5 5.4 38 40.7
EL SALVADOR project..... 4 3.2 34 27.1 in the handling of infants.
JAMAICA
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
Kingston-St. Andrew ....... 3 1.6 17 .3
MEXICO and connective tissue (categories 710-738)
Monterrey ................ 19 8.7 115 52.8 were the underlying causes of only 12 deaths
UNITED STATES
California project .......... 2 1.0 0 4.4 in seven of the projects and were assigned as
I I_ associated causes in another 12 deaths in
B Rates per 100,000 population,
eight projects.
bCategories 580-029.