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320 PatterisoflMortality in Childhood
Fia. 161. Percentage of Deaths of Children Under 5 Years of Age Occurring in Neonatal Period in
Families with Piped Water Inside House and Flush Toilets, and in Those without These Facilities, in 17
Areas of 13 Latin American Projects.
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numbers for calculation of percentages. This unfavorable mortality experience in
The data show that the second group of families with inadequate water supply and
families experience excessive losses in the sanitary facilities affords strong support for
later periods of childhood, when mortality the recommendations on environmental sanis
more directly affected by the environ- itation programs formulated by the Special
ment and many deaths could be prevented. Meeting of Ministers of Health in 1972.
HOUSING
Size of family, number of roomns in house, Viacha to 6.6 in Cartagena and Medellin
and persons per room showed differences (Table 188). (For calculating size of fainin
the same two groups of families used in ily, the deceased infants studied in the
the previous analysis: those of children Investigation were not considered members
dying in the neonatal period and in the of the household.) In 18 areas the average
postneonatal period, with the first group size was slightly larger for the postneonatal
probably being fairly representative of the group than for the neonatal, in two areas
situation in the genecal population of the it was the same, and in two it was less. For
area.
the 14 projects combined the average size
The average size of families of infants was 4.9 members for the neonatal group and
dying in the neonatal period varied in the 5.3 for the nostnconatal group. The families
Latin American areas from 3.7 persons in were small in Shcrbrooke, with 3.6 persons
La Paz and Viacha to 6.3 in Cartagena; on the average in the first group and 4.1
and for families of those dying in postneo. in the second.
natal period the variation was from 3.5 in Table 189 gives the number of rooms in