BIBLIOGRAPHIC INPUT SHEET TEMPORARY Patterns of mortality ...

242 Pattern of Mortality in Childhood
ter of data on the reproductive history of
mothers reveals that the excessive losses
through fetal deaths and deaths of those
born alive must have handicapped the fainilies
by repeated episodes of illness and mor-
tality. To ensure survival of children from
the hazards of the infant period, planning
for pregnancies which are desired by the
parents and which will result in healthy infants
is the first essential.
MATERNAL AGE
During the interviews conducted in the
homes of deceased infants, the public health
nurse or social worker obtained the dates of
birth of parents and also the dates of
termination and the result of each pregnancy
and, if death occurred, the child's
age at death. Usually the interviewers were
successful in obtaining complete reproductive
histories. However, even if a complete
sequence of vital events was not obtained,
usually birth order and age of mother at
time of birth were available. These histories
provided the bases for the analyses in this
section.
The patterns of reproduction appear to
vary widely in the 15 projects. Age of
mothers at birth of deceased infants is
analyzed first (Table 146). The percentage
distributions by maternal age are shown in
Figure 118 in descending order of the birth
TADLS 146.
Infant Deaths by Age of Mother at Birth of Child in 15 Projects.
Number
Per cent
Prjcane O35 Un Under 35
25-29 30-34 UknownTotal Ud -04 25-29 30-3
Total Under 2 0
-2 4
over
over
ARGENTINA
Chaco Province .........
San Juan Province ........
BOLIVIA project ..........
BRAZIl,
Recife ...................
Ribeir~o Preto ...........
Sao Paulo ...............
CANADA
8herbrooke ..............
CHILE project ............
COLOMBIA
Call ....................
Cartagena ...............
Medellin ................
1,410
1,900
2,790
2,773
959
3,788
310
2,404
1,153
850
924
2,742
372
380
358
384
137
445
23
477
169
135
131
646
357
530
632
622
257
1,152
113
712
263
108
204
803
250
403
413
580
189
861
86
481
203
14.1
150
498
185
251
248
361
131
566
45
331
142
75
106
358
228
277
284
357
132
425
33
313
18
59
855
469
113
339
10
90
100.0
99.9
100.0
100.1
100.0
100.0
100.1
100.0
26.7
20.6
18.5
16.7
16.2
12.9
7.7
20.6
25.6
28.8
32.7
18.0
21.9
21.3
27.0 25.2
M9Q.4 22.3
33.4 25.0
EL SALVADOR project ....
JAMAICA
Kingston-St. Andrew ..... 1,589 377 466 335 172 178 61 100.0 24.7 30.5 21.9 11.3 11.6
MEXICO
Monterrey .............. 3,220 386 770 609 467 504 484 100.0 14.1 28.1 22.3 17.1 18.4
UNITED STATES
California project ......... 784 182 256 191
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I
92
I
113
93
145
369
47
II
263
211
188
68
100.1
99.9
100.0
100.0
19.0
20.9
17.8
24.2
37.7
30.8
29.6
30.7
27.7
30.0
16 100.0 23.7 33.3
L
28.7
20.8
22.8
22.3
20.4
18.6
24.9
I
13.3
13.6
12.8
15.7
15.5
16.4
15.0
14.3
16.0
11.6
14.4
13.4
10.4
15.0
14.7
15.5
15.6
12.3
11.0
13.5
12.7
14.4
19.7
13.8
12.0 6.1
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