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18 Patternsof Mortality in Childhood
tion office (cart6rio) where vital events are Vermont, and New York in the United
registered according to the place of occurrence.
The official data have not been cor-
abundant in the region, which lies at the
States (Figure 8). Rivers and lakes are
rected for residence.
foot of the Appalachian Mountains in the
The School of Hygiene and Public Health temperate cold zone. Tile estimated population
included in the project area was
of the University of Sflo Paulo was the
headquarters of the project. The principal 559,400 on 1 January 1971, the midpoint of
collaborator, a full-time professor of vital the two-year period. Ninety per cent of the
statistics at that School, had formerly been inhabitants are French-speaking.
a staff member of the School of Medicine The region as a whole is agricultural, but
as well.
a third of the population lives in commercial
and industrial centers (Figure 8). The
CANADA, Sherbrooke Project
city of Sherbrooke is the largest, with an
In the southeastern part of Qubee Proyince,
the Eastern Townships cover an area ary 1971. It is situated approximately half­
estimated l)opulation of 84,100 on 1 Janu­
of 20,200 kin 2 , south of the St. Lawrence way between and to the south of the urban
River. The area is bordered on the south centert of Montreal and Qurbbc, and isa
by the States of Maine, New Hampshire, univer'ity center. Industries include paper
* This project iualways treated as a whole (and as mills, textile plants, and furniture and
snowmobile manufacturing. The region also
a city) since it is too small for division into urban and
rural areas.
Fi. 8. Eastern Townships of Sherbrooke Project in Qtibec Province,
Canada.
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