BIBLIOGRAPHIC INPUT SHEET TEMPORARY Patterns of mortality ...

284 Patternsof Mortality in Childhood
TAILe 169. Percentage of Deaths of Childrena Under Five Years of Age Occurring in Neonatal Period
Whose Mothers Had Secondary or University Education or No Education in 14 Projects.
Secotidary or university education
No education
Project
Total
deaths
No.
Neonatal
Neonatal
Total
%
deaths
No. %
Total ...............................
3,038
1,565
51.5 7,600 1,850 24.3
ARGENTINA
Chaco Province ....................
San Juan Province .................
BOLIVIA project....................
BRAZIL
Recife ...........................
Ribeirao Prto.....................
Sao Paulo ........................
CANADA
Sherbrooke .......................
CHILE )roject ......................
COLOMBIA
Cali .............................
Cartagena ........................
Medellin .........................
EL SALVADOR project..............
JAMAICA
Kingston-St. Andrew...............
MEXICO
Monterrey ........................
59
199
448
164
90
299
200
490
143
70
132
258
187
293
37
98
185
84
62
193
129 240
82
40
60
101
123
131
62.7 600 154 25.7
49.2 246 83 33.7
41.3 904 146 16.2
51.2 1,618 370 22.9
68.9 266 96 36.1
64.5 1,120 424 37.9
64.5
48.4
7
206
2
45
#
21.8
57.3 177 30 10.9
57.1 173 29 16.8
45.5 146 21 14.4
39.1 1,422 291 20.5
65.8 65 10 15.4
44.7 050 149 22.9
In families in which home interviews were conducted and information was provided.
, Percentages are not calculated for a base of less titan 10.
programs. These five projects were Kingston-St.
Andrew (with 15.4 per cent neonatal
deaths), Cali (16.9, per cent), Cartagena
(16.8), Medellin (14.4), and the Bolivia
project (16.2). This analysis using education
as the measure points up sections of the
population in which there are serious health
problems. Even though Kingston-St. Andrew
had a favorable infant death rate and
had a high proportion of deaths in the neonatal
group (52.0 per cent of all deaths under
5 years), the low percentage of deaths in
the neonatal period among mothers with no
education (15.4) is indicative of a situation
in which conditions are unfavorable and
health programs are needed.
Mortality by Causes
Educational level having thus proved to
be a useful measure, the specific causes of
death were further analyzed according to
this factor in three age groups (neonatal,
postneonatal, and 1-4 years). The causes
of neonatal deaths are considered first
(Table 170). This analysis includes only
deaths of children in whose homes inter­