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Fla. 143. Percentage of Deaths of Children Under 5 Years of Age Occurring in Neonatal
Whose Mothers Had Secondary and University Education or No Education in 14 Projects.
Period
RIBEIRAO PROT
PER CENT PER CENT
0 20 40 60 s0 0 20 40
II I I
SECONDARY AND UNIVERSITY
KINSSTONST. ANDREW
SAOPAULO-
SHERBROOKE
CHACO PROVINCE
CALI
CARTAGENA
RECIFE
SANJUAN PROVINCE
CHILE PROJECT
MEDELLIN
MONTERREY -
BOLIVIA PROJECT
ELSALVADOR PROJECT
NO EDUCATION
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Insufficlent number
views were conducted, and therefore the
totals are not the same as those presented
in Chapters V-XI for causes of death,
Five groups of causes are given, according
to the four educational levels of mothers in
14 projects. Figure 144 presents the percentages
for certain perinatal causes, infectious
diseases, respiratory diseases, and congenital
anomalies; the projects are shown in
descending order of the percentages of
deaths due to certain perinatal causes for
the first educational level (mothers with
secondary or university education). In the
first project listed, Chaco Province, the
percentages due to perinatal causes decreased
from a high figure for mothers with
the better education to a much lower percentage
for those with no education. The reverse
was true for deaths from infectious
diseases, the higher percentage being in the
group with no cducation. In many projects
this same relationship is clear.
These data on perinatal causes can be
related to the finding- in regard to neonatal
mortality presented in Chapter VI. In the
following projects with low neonatal death
rates, very high prol)ortions of the neonatal
deaths were due to certain perinatal causes:
California 74.4, Medcellin 76.0, Kingston-St.
Andrew 71.3, and Ribeirlto Prato 71.1. For
mothers with secondary or university education
the percentages of neonatal deaths due