demographic yearbook annuaire demographique 1951

STILLBIRTHS
10. Number of stillbirths (continued>
[See headnote on page 176.]
Country
AMERICA, NORTH (continued)
OTHER AREAS (continued)
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1936 1937 1938
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1939 1940 1941 1942
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Netherlands Antilles 1......•........... .. .
Leeward Islands 14 [U.K.] ..•............ .. . I ... ., . .. . ... ... ... ...
.. ... ... ·.. 169 158 178
Puerto Rico 15 [U.S.].................... .. . .. . ... ... ·.. .. . .. . ...
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Trinidad and Tobago [U.K.] ............. 913 917 906 936 917 965 968 1 099
Virgin Islands 16 [U.S.].•......... '" .... 31 44 37 38 35 35 32 37
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Windward Islands [U.K.]................ 413 444 430 413 408 .. . ... ...
AMERICA, SOUTH
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Argentina.•....•.............. " .... , 10503 i 10309 10273 10263 9720 9345 10262 10329
Bolivia 1........•.•.................. .. . I ... ... 8449 ·.. ... ... 8378
Chile .•..•.......................... 7848 7877 8224 8239 7955 8047 8171 B 179
Colombia 1.••........................ ... 3296 3764 4503 4425 3894 4674 4947
Ecuador 17.......... " ............... 2256 I 2524 2449 2547 2781 2818 2648 2899
Paraguay 1••.......................• 514 578 649 703 629 691 634 691
Peru 18........•..................... .. . ... ... ... ... 730 1 058 842
Uruguay............................. 1 360 1 318 1 377 1 262 1 407 1 298 1 381 1 365
Venezuela 11..•.•.................... 1651 1826 1 1 262 11 386 12312 2578 2556 3543
OTHER AREAS
British Guiana.•.......•.............. 658 645 655 572 499 580 563
Falkland Islands [U.K.].•...............• - - 2 2 1 2 - 1
Surinam 19 [Neth.] ••................... 273 223 197 242 254 239 189 234
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ASIA
Ceylon 20•..•.••••.•................. 2 164 2 221
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2278 2353 2590 2472 2429 2072
China:
Taiwan (Formosa) 21••............... 7744 7542 ! 8032 8309 9269 9036 8894 9469
India 22 •••••••••••••••.....••..•...• 201 764 211 529 206728 200548 192641 176236 166 603 143986
Indonesia:
Europeans 24.••...........•••.....• 133 138 137 136 173 168 .. . ...
Israel 25.......•..........••......... 26 238 26 273 26 242 245 202 213 206 210
Japan 27........•..•.......•........ 115592 111 050 111 481 99527 98347 102033 103393 95446
Korea•..•.......•..•........... , .... 3 922 3963 4257 4332 4003 3556 4203 3705
Thailand.............. , .............. 1 741 1 865 1 939 2026 2035 1 795 2299 1 965
OTHER AREAS
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Aden Colony [U.K.]..••••.............. .. . .. . ... .. . .. . ... ... ...
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I
British Borneo:
North Borneo....................... .. . .. . ... .. . .. . .. . ... ...
Cyprus 28 [U.K.]...•.•................. .. .. . ... ... .. .. .. ...
Federation of Malaya [U.K.] ............ .. ... ... ... .. .. . .. . ...
Hong Kong [U.K.] ...•................. .. . .. . ... . .. .. . ... ... ...
26 330 26 279 210 174 222 206 181
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Palestine 29......•................... 26 269
Portuguese India 1••................... ... I ... 656 .. . ... 717 652 . ..
Singapore [U.K.]: I I
Singapore Island.................... 650
1 Reliability of data known to be affected by incomplete or irregular
registration.
8 Including live-born infants dying within 24 hours after birth.
11 Excluding stillbirths among tribal Indians.
14 Excluding Virgirt- Islands (U.K.).
15 1944: all stillbirths reported, regardless of period of gestation; beginning
1945, excluding stillbirths of less than 5 months gestation.
16 1935-1944: all stillbirths reported, regardless of period of gestation;
beginning 1945, excluding stillbirths of less than 5 months gestation.
17 Excluding the Eastern Provinces and Galapagos Islands. Stillbirths
include live-born infants dying within 24 hours after birth.
18 Excluding stillbirths among jungle inhabitants. Reliability of data
known to be affected by incompleteness or irregularity of registration.
19 Excluding stillbirths among Bushnegroes and aboriginal Indians.
20 Stillbirths registered in towns only.
I
693
I
755
I
783
I
I
691
814
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719 816 467
21 Excluding stillbirths among tribal aborigines.
22 1935-1945: registration area of former British Provinces, representing
approximately 75 per cent of former India, not including Burma.
Beginning 1946, registration area of Republic of India. Reliability
of data affected by incompleteness or irregularity of registration.
23 Excluding Northwest Frontier Provinces.
24 1935-1940: including Netherlands New Guinea.
25 Stillbirths among Jewish population. Prior to 1948, data refer to Jewish
population of Palestine.
26 Data relate to 18 towns only.
27 Stillbirths among Japanese nationals in Japan.
28 Confinements resulting in stillbirths.
29 Territory formerly under British mandate. Stillbirths among Moslem
population, excluding nomads. Reliability of data affected by incompleteness
or irregularity of registration.
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