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TABLE 179. Percentage of Deceased Children Under 5 Years Hospitalized for Underlying Cause of
)eath, in Two Age Groups, in 24 Areas of 15 Projects.
Neonatal
28 days-4 years
Area
Total
hospitalized
In hospital
birth to death
Other
hospitalization
Hospitalzed
otal ...........................
Northern America ..............
Latin America .................
tRGENTINA
Chaco Province
Resistencia ..................
Rural departments ...........
San Juan Province
San Juan (city)...............
Suburban departments ........
Rural departments ...........
30LIVIA
La Paz .....................
Viacha ......................
3RAZIL
Recife ........................
Ribeirao Pr~to
Ribeirao Pr~to (city).........
Franca .....................
Communities ................
Sao Paulo .....................
3ANADA
JHILE
Sherbrooke ....................
Santiago ....................
Comunas ....................
JOLOMBIA
Cali ..........................
Cartagena .....................
Medellin .......................
EL SALVADOR
San Salvador ................
Rural rnunicipios.............
FAMAICA
Metropolitan Kingston .......
St. Andrew, rural ............
MIEXICO
Monterrey.....................
UNITED STATES
California project ..............
85.4 60.9 18.5 50.9
98.0 94.6 3.4 52.7
84.5 65.0 10.6 57.0
88.3 63.1 25.2 72.1
69.2 32.9 36.2 66.7
07.1 74.3 22.8 83.1
93.7 71.8 21.9 79.1
88.9 63.1 25.9 74.2
52.1 38.5 13.7 19.1
26.8 10.5 7.3 8.2
83.4 62.1 21.3 64.2
97.3
82.1
15.2
81.5
91.0
72.3
18.6
68.2
91.3 73.1 18.3 85.1
94.3 69.6 24.7 83.7
96.3 96.5 1.7 61.0
03.8 81.6 12.2 57.4
72.7 47.0 25.8 51.8
68.9 51.8 17.1 46.5
88.8
64.0
24.8
68.1
91.4
79.0
12.4
62.2
79.4 64.3 15.1 43.7
32.6 21.6 11.1 13.6
94.7 78.2 16.5 65.3
64.2 39.6 24.5 43.8
88.8 67.1 21.7 71.5
97.9 93.9 4.0 49.1
Based on deaths with hospitalization known.
in Santiago. Viacha in Bolivia and the these early deaths in some areas, together
rural municipios of El Salvador had the with the low percentages of mothers receivhighest
percentages of those never hospital- ing prenatal care, indicate the urgent need
ized for the underlying cause (73.2 and 67.4, to extend basic services to these sectors of
respectively). La Paz followed with 47.9 the population.
per cent. The lack of hospitalization in In the age group 28 days-4 years the