demographic yearbook annuaire demographique 1951

STILLBIRTHS
11. Stillbirth ratios 1935 -1950
[Number of stillbirths per 1 000 live births. Reliability of data highly variable. For definitions and explonations, see page 32.]
Country 1935
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AFRICA
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Egypt 1•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7.2 7.6 7.8 7.3 7.7 7.8 7.3
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Union of South Africo:
Europeans... , ... '" ..............• 23.2 24.5 23.5 23.0 22.3 23.2 22.5 21.2
OTHER AREAS
Algeria 2 [Fr.]:
Europeans... , ................ , .... 35.0 32.8 33.3 30.0 33.3 32.5 27.3 I 28.3
Moslems 1•••••••• " •••••••••••••• " 5.4 6.2 5.5 7.3 5.3 6.0 6.0 4.8
Angola 1 [Part.]•..•................... 7.9 8.3 9.8 8.9 13.0 15.7 14.6 10.8
Cape Verde Islands 1 [Port.]..•.......... 90.3 93.8 87.1 98.7 97.6 91.7 120.4 112.4
Gold Coast 3 [U.K.]..••...•..........•. .. . ... ... .. . ... .. . ... ...
Mauritius ex. dep. [U.K.]...•.....•...... 98.2 95.3 92.5 92.8 87.2 86.9 81.9 96.3
Morocco 2 [Fr.]:
Non-indigenous population 1••••••••••• .. . ... ... ... 33.0 25.3 28.2 26.0
Mozambique 1 [Port.]:
Non-indigenous population.••......•.. 43.1 40.0 30.0 33.2 32.9 21.5 35.6 28.7
Possessions in North Africo [Sp.]:
Ceuto and Melillo •...•••..•...••.•.• 454.0 444.6 442.5 449.8 449.9 557.0 559.1 56.4
sao Tome and Principe 1 [Port.] .••••.•.•. ... 222.3 127.3 177.2 198.0 181.4 200.0 169.6
Southern Rhodesia:
Europeans•..•..••••....•.••.....•. 14.9 20.7 15.3 21.1 16.1 18.9 22.1 15.5
Zanzibar and Pemba [U.K.] •....••..••.• 25.3 44.4 18.4 22.4 19.4 22.7 13.5 17.4
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Canada 6••.••..•••....•. , ..•...... " 29.1 28.8 28.5 28.0 27.7 27.2 27.0 26.2
Newfoundland.....•..•••.•••.•.•.•. 21.6 24.2 21.2 21.9 17.4 21.7 24.4 19.8
Costa Rica........................... 34.7 36.1 38.4 35.4 34.9 31.8 I 32.8 35.3
Cuba 7•••••••.•••.....••....••..•. " 72.1 81.6 67.9 58.1 90.1 .. . I
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Dominican Republic 1••••••••••••••••••• ... 6.1 5.6 7.3 6.8 7.3 10.9 9.0
EI Salvador•.•.••....•......•.••..... 8.4 9.2 9.5 10.3 8.7 9.8 10.9 10.7
Guatemala ..•.........•...•........• 829.8 831.6 833.0 833.2 18.7 30.3 30.7 34.8
Honduras 9••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4.7 5.1 4.0 ... 4.7 4.2 4.9 4.6
Mexico•.•...........•.........•.•.•. 21.2 21.4 20.8 20.8 20.0 21.0 21.5 20.6
Nicaragua 1•••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2.7 2.6 3.6 3.9 3.0 3.1 4.3 4.7
Panama 10••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ... ·.. ... ... . " .. . ... ...
United States ll.........•....••...•..• 35.8 34.4 33.4 32.1 32.0 31.3 29.9 25.6
OTHER AREAS
Bahama Islands [U.K.] ...•.••.......•.•. ... 37.3 50.4 62.4 44.6 68.6 53.6 54.0
Barbados [U.K.] .•.•..•.••...•..••.•... 26.2 18.7 13.2 19.0 24.4 23.7 28.5 22.9
British Honduras.....•...•....•.••••... .. . ·.. ... ... ... 32.8 45.9 32.0
leeward Islands 12 [U.K.] ....•.•..•.•.... ... ·.. . .. ... ... .. . .. . ...
Netherlands Antilles 1 •••••••••••••••••• .. . .. . ... ... ... 48.2 46.3 48.7
Puerto Rico 13 [U.S.].................... .. . ... .. . .. . . .. .. . ... ...
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Trinidad and Tobago [U.K.] ........... " 63.6 62.7 I 63.7 61.9 63.1 58.4
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Windward Islands [U.K.] ••..••••.•...••• 49.2 51.5 49.0 48.7 48.3 45.4 50.1 49.5
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1 Reliability of data known to be affected by incomplete or irregular
registration.
2 Live-born infants dying within 3 days and before registration of birth
are included with stillbirths and excluded from live births.
3 Data relate to compulsory registration areas, representing about onetenth
of total population.
4 Melilla only. Live-born infants dying within 24 hours after birth are
included with stillbirths and excluded from live births.
5 Data for Ceuta include live-born infants dying within 24 hours among
stillbirths and exclude them from live births.
6 Excluding Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Newfoundland.
7 Births include delayed registrations particularly numerous in 1937 and
1938. Live-born infants. dying within 24 hours are included with stillbirths.
8 Stillbirths include live-born infants dying immediately after birth; births
exclude these.
o 1935-1937: years ending 31 July; beginning 1938: years ending 30
June.
10 Excluding events among tribal Indians.
11 Prior to 1942, all stillbirths reported, regardless of period of gestation;
beginning 1942, excluding stillbirths of less than 5 months gestation.
12 Excluding Virgin Islands (U.K.).
13 1944: all stillbirths reported, regardless of period of gestation; beginning
1945, excluding stillbirths of less than 5 months gestation.
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