BIBLIOGRAPHIC INPUT SHEET TEMPORARY Patterns of mortality ...

50 PatternSi of Mortalityin Childhood
Fia. 28. Distribution of Infants Dying in Neonatal Period Born inHospitals, by Birth-Weight Group,
in 13 Cities and Two Projects.'
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METROPOLITAN CAUFORNIA
KINGSTON PROJECT
77.6
SRIERROOKE MEDELLIN SANTIAGO SAN SALVADOR CARTAGENA RISEIRAO PRETO
(cn'Yr
73,5
3 - 78.4 73.7 72.3 72.2 71.9 71.2
30[-
RECFE
70.5
CAU
69.3
LA PAZ
68.6
SAN JUAN
PROVINCE
65.3
SAO PAULO
60.9
RESISTENCIA MONTERREY
59.9 53.9
2o
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BIRTHWEIGHTIN GRAMS
BIRTHWEIGHTOF 500 GRAMSO
tESS
The percenaloges for birth wights of 2300
groms or loss are indicated o'ovo the
bracketed lou Iow.hlrlh.welght groops.
order according to the proportions falling
in the low-weight group of 2,500 grams or
less.
With the exception of Metropolitan Kingston,
the Latin American projects had relatively
low proportions of neonatal deathe
in the lowest weight group, 1,000 grams or
less. The percentage for Kingston was 18.8
ani the others varied from 7.8 in San Juan
Province and 8.0 in Monterrey to 15.6 in
Medellin. In the projects in California and
Sherbrooke, respectively, 35.9 and 30.0 per
cent of neonatal deaths were in this lowweight
group. To illustrate the differences
between these two projects and the other 13,
Figure 28 subdivides this weight group into
500 grains or less (lower portion of the bar)
and 600-1,000 grams. In the Sherbrooke
and California projects (Table 9) the percentages
in the subgroup 500 grains or less
were 8.6 and 7.5, respectively, while in the
other areas only from 0.4 to 2.5 per cent
were in that subgroup. Thus, in addition
to possible deficiencies in recording signs of
life, it is likely that immature babies are
more frequently delivered as live births and
not as fetal deaths in the Canadian and
California projects than in the others. Shapiro
et al. (1968), in exploring differences
in international comparisons of neonatal