BIBLIOGRAPHIC INPUT SHEET TEMPORARY Patterns of mortality ...

248 Patternsof Mortality in Childhood
Fio. 121. Percentage Distribution of Live Births Whereas 14.4 per cent of mothers were 35
by Age of Mother in Province of Santiago, Chile. years old or over in 1962, 12.5 per cent were
- -0 in that age group in 1969. In 1964 (the first
year with data available for the age groups
25-29 and 30-34 years) the percentage of
3o . mothers aged 30-34 years was 19.1 and by
1969 it had decreased to 14.6, or 23.6 per
cent lower. Increases in the proportions of
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.- , ..............
births among mothers in the age groups with
the most favorable neonatal and infant mortality
(20-24 and 25-29 years) have oc-
/curred.
This shift from older to younger
10-mothers
(from 1964 to 1969) can be seen in
Figure 121. Birth order, another factor of
importance in evaluating the effect of a de­
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lining birth rate, is the subject of the next
.20 20.24 23.29 =3 3s. section.
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OF MOTHER IN YEARS
BIRTH ORDER
Birth order of the deceased infants has distributions of mothers (Table 150 and
been studied on the same basis as the age Figure 122).
TABLE 150. Infant Deaths by Birth Order in 15 Projects.
Number
Per cent
Project Proect5 and Un- Ttl5 and
Total 1 2 3 4 over known 1 2 3 4 over
ARGENTINA
Chaco Province ........ 1,410 341 253 162 142 491 21 100.0 24.6 18.2 11.7 10.2 35.3
San Juan Province ..... 1,900 439 357 265 175 606 58 100.0 23.8 19.4 14.4 9.5 32.9
BOLIVIA project ........ 2,790 603 392 236 211 488 860 99.0 31.2 20.3 12.2 10.9 25.3
BRAZIL
Recife ................. 2,773 317 322 273 228 1,174 459 100.0 13.7 13.9 11.8 9.9 50.7
Ribeirlo Prdto ......... 959 178 148 107 101 310 115 100.0 21.1 17.5 12.7 12.0 36.7
8o Paulo ............. 3,788 817 688 494 355 1,037 397 100.1 24.1 20.3 14.6 10.5 30.6
CANADA
Sherbrooke ............ 310 83 71 55 32 58 11 100.0 27.8 23.7 18.4 10.7 19.4
CHILE project .......... 2,404 581 497 347 235 643 101 100.0 25.2 21.6 15.1 10.2 27.9
COLOMBIA
Call .................. 1,153 172 159 133 116 335 238 100.0 18.8 17.4 14.5 12.7 36.6
Cartagena ............. 856 142 132 87 85 288 122 100.0 19.3 18.0 11.9 11.6 39.2
Medellin .............. 924 121 110 95 78 365 155 100.0 15.7 14.3 12.4 10.1 47.5
El. SALVADOR project.. 2,742 586 490 377 282 925 82 100.0 22.0 18.4 14.2 10.6 34.8
JAMAICA
Kingston-St. Androw .... 1,589 332 290 205 182 519 61 100.0 21.7 19.0 13.4 11.9 34.0
MEXICO
Monterrey ............. 3,220 406 384 333 270 1,317 510 100.1 15.0 14.2 12.3 10.0 48.6
UNITED STATES
California project ....... 784 241 211 136 85 92 19 100.0 31.5 27.6 17.8 11.1 12.0