demographic yearbook annuaire demographique 1951

DEATHS
19. Infant mortality rates (continued)
[See headnote on page 328.]
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AMERICA, NORTH (continued)
OTHER AREAS
Alaska [U.S.] ••••••••••••••••••••••
Bahama Islands [U.K.] .••••••••••••••
Barbados [U.KJ ••.•••••••.••••••••
Bermudas [U.K.] •••••••••••••••••••
British Honduros ••••••••.••••••••••
Canal Zone [U.S.] ••••••.•.•••••••••
231.1
81.3
298.2
93.8
70.8
198.1
97.2
103.2
71.0
234.8
69.7
124.6
75.8
255.8
49.9
102.8
60.5
219.9
42.6
170.1
50.4
198.0
60.2
152.7
54.A
216.6
71.4
J22.6
65.8
126.2
221.3
59.8
124.8
36.7
101.5
193.7
64.5
129.1
65.3
Jamoica ex. dep. [U.K.] •••••••••••••
Leeward Islands 18 [U.K.] ..••••••••••
Netherlands Antilles •••••.•.•.••••••
Puerto Rico [U.S.] •••.••••.•••••••••
Trinidad and Tobago [U.K.] •••••••••
Virgin Islands [U.S.] .•.•.••.•••••••••
Windword Islonds [U.K.] •...•••••••••
U
U 19
141.5
156.2
127.0
119.9
105.4
153.9
171.9
144.1
119.2
143.2
141.0
109.8
132.3
108.9
133.8
96.3
149.8
144.9
139.6
131.3
157.4
94.2
131.6
116.2
113.7
127.4
97.4
105.4
137.6
101.2
114.8
99.4
170.7
100.0
130.8
102.7
128.2
96.8
105.4
105.7
118.5
145.3
137.8
120.5
124.1
112.2
129.2
132.5
67.6
121.0
98.4
132.3
112.2
120.6
158.0
72.9
112.6
103.6
101.7
107.7
AMERICA, SOUTH
Argentina •••.•••••••.•.•.•.••••••
Bolivio 24•••••••••••••••••••••••••
Chile 26 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Colombia •••••••••••••••....•••••
Ecuodor 28••••••••••••••••••••••••
Paraguay ...•.••••••••.•.••••••••
U 20
U 25
C
U 27
U
U
234.4
105.5
142.5
231.9
124.6
139.8
74.2
235.0
137.0
74.9
257.9
143.5
162.6
97.1
96.6
261.9
117.4
152.0
81.3
105.6
250.9
156.1
137.5
64.9
96.2
252.2
153.4
151.4
61.9
95.4
70.4
240.7
150.0
158.9
75.2
21 105.3
67.7
235.7
156.5
141.5
98.1
21 91.7
110.3
224.6
161.9
156.3
80.6
Peru 29•••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Uruguay ..••.•••••••••.••••••••••
Venezuela 16••••••••••••••••••••••
U
U
C 15
99.7
149.8
109.6
155.8
98.6
92.8
162.5
95.7
158.3
102.0
137.5
91.6
133.7
96.2
134.9
98.8
138.7
82.1
131.7
OTHER AREAS
British Guiono•••••••••.•••••••••••
Surinam 31 [Neth.].••••••••.•.••••••
C 30
146.5
82.2
139.3
77.3
138.8
75.5
154.2
69.7
168.5
75.1
121.8
57.6
120.5
63.3
121.0
60.6
165.8
58.7
119.6
62.2
ASIA
Burma 32 •••.•.•.••••••..•.•••••.•
Ceylon•••.•••••••••....••••••••••
Chino:
Taiwan (Formosa) 34•.•..•••••••••
India 35 •••••••••••••••.•.•.•••.•.
Indonesia:
Europeans 37 ••••••••••••••••••••
C
U
202.3
174.9
180.0
190.9
157.9
178.4
70.9
184.5
162.3
153.7
168.1
63.5
192.3
157.2
149.4
169.7
61.5 I
219.4
173.0
155.4
185.4
61.5
186.0
33263.2
146.6
162.8
60.3
195.3
165.5
145.8
161.0
51.1
203.J
158.2
144.8
161.7
54.5
222.6
161.4
145.7
167.1
42.1
203.8
165.8
139.6
155.6
42.5
1 Rates derived from data stated to be complete or virtually complete are
coded "C"; those derived from data which are stated to be affected by
irregularities in registration or incomplete coverage are coded IIU".
15 Coverage notably incomplete in earlier years.
16 Excluding tribal Indians.
18 Excluding Virgin Islands (U.K.); 1933-1940, also excluding St. Kitts-Nevis
and Anguilla.
19 Birth registration estimated to be 80 per cent camplete in 1940.
20 Registration incomplete outside Federal Capital and principal cities.
21 Excluding province of Santa Fe.
22 Excluding provinces of Santa Fe and Corrientes.
23 Excluding province of Corrienles.
24 Prior to 1948, excluding live-born infants dying within 24 hours.
25 Compulsory registration initiated in 1940.
26 Rates based on births excluding those registered more than 2 years after
occurrence.
27 Data derived from burial permits and number of baptisms recorded in
parish registers.
28 Excluding the Eastern Provinces and Galapagos Islands. Excluding liveborn
infants dying within 24 hours.
29 Excluding jungle inhabitants.
30 Data for aborigines, representing approximately one-tenth of total population,
are unreliable.
31 Excluding events among Bushnegroes and aboriginal Indians.
32 Registration area only, representing 82.5 per cent of total population al
1931 census.
33 High rate allributable to malaria epidemic.
34 Native-born Formosans excluding tribal aborigines.
35 1930-1946: registration area of former British Provinces representing
approximately 75 per cent of former India, excluding Burma; beginning
1947, registration area of Republic of India.
36 Excluding East Bengal.
37 1931-1940; including Netherlands New Guinea.
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