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Chapter I. Birth Weight
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planations of the causes an a basis for pre­
ventive action.
of low birth weight is a major need, not only
to draw comparisons but also to find ex-
AVAILABILITY OF BIRTH WEIGHTS FOR DECEASED INFANTS
Since weight at birth constitutes a key areas many births occurred at home, and in
element in evaluating the state of health several hospitals newborns were not weighed
of the newborn, efforts were made to obtain routinely. Table 7 provides information on
birth weights in all projects. In certain infants dying in the neonatal and postneo-
TABLE 7. Number and Percentage of Infants Dying in Neonatal and Postneonatal Periods with
Birth Weight Stated, in 25 Areas of 15 Projects.
Area
Total
Infant deaths Neonatal deaths Postneonatal deaths
Weight
stated
Total
Weight
stated
Total
Weight
stated
No. % No. % No. %
ARGENTINA
Chaco Province
Resistencia .............. 747 486 05.1 327 248 75.8 420 238 56.7
Rural departments ....... 663 173 20.1 241 85 35.3 422 88 20.0
San Juan Province
San Juan (city) .......... 295 273 92.5 172 162 94.2 123 111 90.2
Suburban departments... 690 620 89.1 353 333 94.3 343 287 83.7
Rural departments ....... 909 713 78.4 381 324 85.0 528 389 73.7
BOLIVIA
La Paz ................. 2,685 725 27.0 1,049 445 42.4 1,630 280 17.1
Viacha .................. 105 12 11.4 42 10 23.8 63 2 3.2
BRAZIL
Recife .................... 2,773 1,278 46.1 1,073 574 53.5 1,700 704 41.4
Ribeirao Prato
Ribeirao PrAto (city) ..... 400 324 81.0 223 201 90.1 177 123 69.5
Franca................. 364 223 61.3 188 135 71.8 176 8.850.0
Communities ............ 195 136 69.7 104 78 75.0 91 58 63.7
SSo Paulo ................. 3,788 2,788 73.6 1,958 1,678 85.7 1,8.[0 1,110 00.7
CANADA
Sherbrooke ................ 310 291 93.9 229 222 96.9 81 69 85.2
CHILE
Santiago ................ 2,207 1,958 88.7 1,094 1.038 94.9 1,113 920 82.7
Comunas................ 197 158 80.2 66 51 77.3 131 107 81.7
COLOMBIA
Cali ..................... 1,153 372 32.3 536 278 51.9 017 94 15.2
Cartagena ................. 856 486 56.8 401 290 72.3 455 1906 43.1
Medellfn .................. 924 614 66.5 383 319 83.3 541 295 54.5
EL SALVADOR
San Salvador ............ 2,094 1,530 73.1 722 582 80.6 1,372 948 69.1
Rural municipios......... 648 199 30.7 195 61 31.3 453 138 30.5
JAMAICA
Metropoliten Kingston... 1,478 1,176 79.6 937 809 86.3 541 367 67.8
St. Andrew, rural ........ 111 59 53.2 53 33 62.3 58 20 44.8
MEXICO
Monterrey ............... 3,220 2,081 64.6 1,377 925 67.2 1,843 1,156 62.7
UNITED STATES
San Francisco ........... 209 203 97.1 147 145 98.0 62 58 93.5
California, suburban ...... 575 566 98.4 423 420 99.3 152 146 90.1