BIBLIOGRAPHIC INPUT SHEET TEMPORARY Patterns of mortality ...

296 Patternsof Mortality in Childhood
during pregnancy, and also of those who received
care within the first trimester, the
period which is considered most crucial,
The percentages receiving care in the first
trimester varied from 86.7 in Sherbrooke
and 66.0 in suburban California to 2.6 in
Viacha, Bolivia. In six areas of the Latin
American projects at least 40 per cent of
mothers had prenatal care within that
period, but in six others the proportion was
less than 20 per cent. In fact, more than
half the mothers in the rural departments
of Chaco Province, in La Paz and Viacha,
and in San Salvador and rural mu1nicipios
TABILE 174. Month of Pregnancy in Which First Visit, for Prenatal Care Was Reported for Mothers
of Deceased Infants in 25 Areas of 15 Projects.
Number of motherso
Percentage"
Area Month of pregnancy Month of pregnancy
Total No Total No
care 10Un- care
1-3 4-5 6-7 8-9 1-3 4-5 0-7 8-9
Total ....................... 21.858 7,330 6,743 3,804 2,484 604 893 100.0 33.5 32.0 18.6 12.1 2.9
AlRGENTINA
Chaco Province
Resistencia .............. 693 209 203 138 73 33 37 100.0 30.2 31.7 21.5 11.4 5.2
Rural depitrtments ....... 621 331 94 55 84 22 35 100.0 53.3 17.2 10,1 15.4 4.0
San Juan Province
San Juan (city) .......... 244 28 122 38 33 8 15 99.9 11.5 53.7 16.7 14.5 3.5
Suburban departments .... 618 106 201 120 81 22 28 100.1 17.2 44.7 20.5 13.9 3.8
Rural departments ....... 839 188 254 103 162 42 30 09.9 22.4 31.7 20.4 20.2 5.2
BOLIVIA
La Paz .................. 1,613 863 326 158 126 27 113 100.0 53.5 23.8 11.5 9.2 2.0
Viacha .................. 89 74 2 4 6 1 2 100.0 83.1 2.0 5.2 7.8 1.3
BRAZIL
Recife .................... 2,264 065 422 430 333 77 37 100.0 42.6 19.2 10.6 15.1 3.5
Ribeirlo Preto
Ribeirdo Preto (city)...... 355 07 148 56 55 10 19 100.0 18.0 44.6 16.0 10.6 3.0
Franca .................. 297 88 113 36 22 20 18 100.1 29.6 41.7 13.3 8.1 7.4
Communities ............ 176 45 59 35 22 7 8 100.0 25.6 35.7 21.2 13.3 4.2
85o Paulo ................. 3,108 782 1,174 634 333 74 111 099 25.2 39.6 21.4 11.2 2.5
CANADA
Sherbrooke ................ 275 9 234 22 2 3 5 100.0 3.3 80.7 8.2 0.7 1.1
CHILE
Santiago ................ 1,430 244 545 364 194 29 60 100.0 17.0 40.0 26.7 14.2 2.1
Comunas ................ 167 43 47 48 17 7 5 100.0 25.7 29.3 30.0 10.6 4.4
COLOMBIA
Call ...................... 706 345 264 91 59 10 27 100.0 43.3 35.3 12.2 7.9 1.3
Cartagena ................. 545 159 184 08 50 23 31 100.0 29.2 36.7 19.5 10.0 4.6
MedellIn .................. 643 120 286 150 41 11 29 100.0 19.6 47.1 24.7 6.8 1.8
EL SALVADOR
San Salvador ............ 1,041 1,044 489 198 92 21 07 09.9 53.8 28.2 11.4 5.3 1.2
Rural municpios ......... 605 401 80 60 30 0 19 100.0 66.3 15.7 10.9 5.5 1.6
JAMAICA
Metropolitan Kingston... 1,290 307 243 322 334 60 18 100.0 23.8 19.2 25.4 26.4 5.2
St. Andrew, rural ......... 104 20 13 50 14 2 5 09.9 19.2 13.3 51.1 14.3 2.0
MEXICO
Monterrey ................. 2.427 838 762 381 260 77 109 100.0 34.5 33.7 16.9 11.5 3.4
UNITED STATES
San Francisco ............ 180 12 83 57 25 - 12 100.0 0.3 47.1 32.4 14.2 -
California, suburban ..... 523 36 329 96 36 3 23 100.0 6.0 60.0 19.3 7.2 0.6
In families in which home interviews were conducted and information was provided.
b It was assumed that mothers for whom month of first visit was unknown were distributed in the same way as those with
month specified.