BIBLIOGRAPHIC INPUT SHEET TEMPORARY Patterns of mortality ...

.2,4 Pattensof Mortality in Childhood
T mAB ,160. Breast Feeding for One Month or Longer of Infants% Dying in Postneonatal Period, by
Educational Level of Mother,b in 13 Latin American Projects.
Breast ied Breast fed Breast fed Breast fed Breast fed
one month one month one month one month one month
Mother's Total or longer Total or longer Total or longer Total or longer Total or longer
educational level____________
No. % No. % N.. %
No. % No. %
ARGENTINA ARGENTINA BOLIVIA BRAZIL
Chaco Province San Juan Province project Recife
BRAZIL
Rlbeirao Prt
TOtW..................
800 603 74.8 028 558 60.1 1,088 911 83.7 1,414 379 26.8 383 181 47.3
Secondary, university.. 18 0 33.3 71 41 57.7 190
Primary, 3 years and over 272 187 68.8 521 329 63.1 419
Primary, I and2years.. 218 179 82.1 217 123 50.7 159
None .................. 298 231 77.5 119 65 54.6 320
149 78.4 53 14 26.4 25 8 32.0
357 85.2 349 80 22.9 147 09 40.9
132 83.0 237 08 28.7 94 45 47.9
273 85.3 775 217 28.0 117 59 50.4
BRAZIL CHILE COLOMBIA COLOMBIA COLOMBIA
Sio Paulo Project Call Cartagena Medellin
Total .................. 1,508 536 35.5 087 543 55.0 433
2,14 56.4 352 288 81.8 388 203 52.3
18 40.9 20 12 60.0 39 14 35.9
Secondary, university... 89 22 24.7 199 106 53.3 44
124 57.9 175 147 84.0 187 104 55.0
Prinary,3yearsandover. 611 213 34.11 587 321 54.7 214
99 58 58.6 81 68 84.0 95 53 55.8
Primary, I nnd2years.. 311) 128 40.1 91 55 60.4
44 57.9 76 61 80.3 67 32 47.8
None .................. 489 173 35.4 110 61 55.5 76
EL SALVADOR JAMAICA MEXICO
Project Project St. Kingston- Andrew Monterrey
Total ................. 1,771 672 37.9 5,11 395 73.0 1,507 840 557
Secondary, university 124 26 21.0 39 21 53.8 127 61 48.0
Primary,3years and over 762 270 35.4 452 337 74.6 799 451 56.4
Pilmary, I and2years.. 275 113 41.1 27 21 77.8 274 155 56.6
None .................. 610 1203 43.1 23 16 69.6 307 173 50.4
Excluding neonatal deaths.
bIn families in which home interviews were conducted and information was provided.
less education the percentages wel'C signif- Breast feeding may not be of such vital
icantly higher (from 33.8 to 38.3).
importance in the highest socioeconomic
The combined figures for four projects groups as in those living in unfavorable conwith
the highest p,.rcentages of deceased ditions (as measured here by educational
infants breast fed .or one month or longer level). Nevertheless, it is unfortunate that
(Bolivia, Cartagema, Chaco Province, and the mfore privileged inothers do not appreci­
Kingston-St. Andrew) also revealed a sig- ate the value of breast feeding and do not
nificant difference between the group of set the example so that even higher propormothers
with secondary or univel'sity cdu- tions of less fortunate mothers will provide
cation (70.4 per cent of the infaltts breast their infants with this valuable food.
fed for at least a Inonth) and those with no In the Chile project the difference was
education (81.0 per cent).
slight and not significant; 55.5 per cent