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TABLE 145. Mortalitya from Sudden Death (795) in Children Under 5 Years, by Age Group, in 15
Projects.
Under Under Under 28 days- 0-lI 1-4
P years I yeaT 28 days 5 months months yonrs
Project _______ ____________
No. No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No.
Total ............................ 280 208 50.5 53 11.2 197 41.0 18 3.8 12
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ARGENTINA
Chaco Province .................. 8 7 39.8 2 11.4 5 28.4 - I
San Juan Province ............... 22 22 04.2 5 21.4 10 08.5 1 4.3 -
BOLIVIA project .................. 14 13 34.0 3 8.0 9 23.9 1 2.7 1
BRAZIL
1 3.3 1 3.3 -
Recife .......................... 5 5 16.4 3 9.9
Ribeirlo Prfto .................. 6 5 27.4 3 16.4 2 11.0 - I
slo Paulo ...................... 18 10 27.5 3 5.2 13 22.4 - - 2
CANADA
Sherbrooke .................... 6 0 35.4 - - 5 29.5 I 5.9 -
CHILE project ................... 51 50 114.7 5 11.5 42 96.4 3 6.9 1
COLOMBIA
Call ........................... 14 14 66.4 0 28.4 7 33.2 I 4.7
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Cartagena...................... 0 9 50.3 - - 0 50.3
Medellin ....................... 16 13 67.0 6 30.0 7 36.1 - - 3
El, SALVADOR project ........... 12 1I 35.5 3 9.7 7 22.6 I 3.2 1
JAMAICA
Kingston-St. Andrew ............ 36 35 85.4 12 29.3 22 53.7 1 2.4 1
MEXICO
Monterrey...................... 26 25 47.2 2 3.8 19 35.8 4 7.5 1
UNITED STATES
California project................ 37 37 82.7 - - 33 73.8 4 8.9 -
Rates per 100,000 live births.
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Kingston-St. Andrew, and California, with FiG. 116. Mortality from Sudden Death in Infancy,
by Age Group, in 15 Projects.
rates of from 82.7 to 114.7 per 100,000 live
births (Figure 116). The latter three were DEATHS. ,00o.oooLIVEBIRHS
projects with relatively low infant death 0 _ _ 0 so 120
rates from all causes.
CHUM
In four projects the rates went from 47.2 u )ApoN
to 67.0, while in the remaining seven they WON. n
were below 40 per 100,000 live births. The aumaM1
three projects in Brazil had the lowest .
rates: 16.4 for Recife, 27.4 for Ribeirfio urwAl
MUMII­
Pr~to, and 27.5 for Sdo Paulo.
Nearly all infants in which the sudden aS*U*W "W
death syndrome was underlying cause were mm' an MiCI
found dead early in the morning, which liOPlto
agrees with findings in other studies (Berg- mmiio 1
man et al., 1972). Although in certain in- I'm
stances the baby presented a few signs of 8 D 36-11 MONTHS
unrest during the night, in most cases the
28 DATS 3 MONTHS