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DETAILS OF INFANT MORTALITY
The following table gives the causes of death during the first month
of life (Neo-natal Mortality):-
(1) Complications of Labour
Trauma of Labour Nil
(2) Foetal States -
Congenital Malformations 10
Atelectasis 2
Haemorrhagic Diseases of Newborn 2
(3) Prematurity 35
(4) Post-Natal Causes 4
Total 53
Percentage Deaths
under 1 year per
Total Infantile
Deaths
Deaths under 1 year
per 1.000 Births
1968 1969 1968 1969
Injury at Birth and Congenital 26.8 12.0 4.66 1.84
Premature Births 38.2 42.2 6.63 6.41
Respiratory Diseases 8.2 2.4 1.43 0.37
Atalectasis, Debility and Marasmus 7.2 2.4 1.25 0.37
Diseases of Digestion* 1.0 - 0.18 -
Other causes 18.6 41.0 3.22 6.25
*These from Gastro Enteritis
Perinatal Deaths
Stillbirths - 67
Deaths in first week - 49
Causes of Death
in first week
Prematurity - 34
Congenital conditions - 9
Atelectasis - 2
Birth Trauma - -
Perinatal Rate - 21 per 1,000
Total (live and still) births
Pneumonia -
Haemorrhagic disease - 3
Other causes - 1