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Chapter' IV. Mortality in Childhood 63
hopefully of nearly all the unregistered TABu 19. Infant Mortality' by Age Group in 23
deaths in this age period. Actually, of the European Countries, 1967.
4,543 deaths in the first day of life in all 15 Neo- Under
projects, 977 or 21.5 per cent were added Country Infant natal Ilay
through these searches. Yugoalavia b ................ 62.1 20.3 6.2
The death rates in the first day of life in Portugal .................. 50.2 25.2 7.8
the 24 areas varied from 6.5 per 1,000 live Poland .................... 38.1 20.4 6.6
Hungary .................. .17.0 28.6 14.2
births in the comunas of Chile and 7.0 Greece .................... 4.3 21.4 4.6
in Medellin, to 14.1 in Viacha. This is a Italy ..................... 33.2 21.3 8.3
Bulgaria ............. ...... 33.1 15.0 1.0
relatively narrow range when compared Astria .................... 2.4 18.7 10.9
with that observed for mortality after the Ireland .................... 24.4 16.0 7.3
Northern Ireland ........... 23.5 16.3 8.0
first day. Belgium ................... 22.0 10.0 7.3
Czechoslovakia ............. 22.9 15.5 8.2
In recent years comparisons of infant Fed. Rep. Germany ......... 22.0 17.8 10.8
mortality in countries of the world have Scotland .................. 21.0 13.8 6.9
been the subject of critical review in publi-
England and Wales ......... 18.3 12.5 6.3
Switzerland ................ 17.5 13.5 7.3
cations of the World Health Organization France ................... 17.1 10.0 2.0
Denmark .................. 15.8 12.1 5.7
(WHO, 1972-a), the Pan American Health Finland ................... 14.8 11.8 4.8
Organization (1971-b), and the National Norway ................... 14.8 11.1 5.6
Netherlands ............... 13.4 10.4 4.0
Center for Health Statistics of the United Iceland .................... 13.3 9.0 4.3
States (Chase, 1967). Chase (1972-a) dis- Sweden ................... 12.0 10.5 4.4
cussed international comparisons on the a r
.ier
basis of completeness and accuracy of vital By
Excluding
year of
live
registration.
born babies dead before registration.
statistics using the Demographic Yearbook Source: World Iealth Statistics Annual (WHO. 1970-n).
as the source of rates (United Nations,
1968). he ointstc he d es in aonk FI. 34. Infant Mortality by Age Group in 23
1968). She points to the difficulties in rank- European Countries, 1967.
ing infant mortality because of the differ-
0,.,,S Pt. ,.000 UYEI,..s
ences in registration practices, and at the 0 ,0 20 30 so so 60 65
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same time stresses the value of comparisons Y60mUvIO
of infant mortality. On the basis of rela- P06A LANID
. ....I
tively complete data she limited compari- ,6uO-l-­
sons to 15 countries: Canada and the United ,flu
States in the Americas, .Japan in Asia, Aus-
tralia and New Zealand, and 10 European
countries. Concerted efforts are needed so
that such international comparisons may in-
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elude many more countries, especially those SC0IAND
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in the Western Hemisphere.
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To illustrate the problems and to em- PINMAIK lUNDIR I DAY
phasize the need for comparability, Table 1r,, NRtWA¥
=,.2? DAYS
19 and Figure 34 present information for 23 s
21tlAYs.D, Dd MONTS
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European countries, drawn in part from swfI
data in the recent WHO publication The
Prevention of Perinatal Morbidity and o,,ool.
b Oths. oder 29 doyo for moootol porlod.
Mortality (WHO, 1972-a) and from the 9 fecludln Ilve.bo a bables dead b*lot.. lsrlloo.