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TABLE 147. Neonatal and Infant Mortality' by Age of Mother at Birth of Child in Seven Projects.
AROEN- D' EL UIE
Ass it of years mother TINA Chaco SAo BRAZIL Paulo Sherbrooke CANADA CHILE project SAVDR project Monterrey MEXIC'O California STATES
Province
project
iIlc
Neonatal mortality
Total ..................... 32.3 33.7 13.5 26.0 29.6 26.0 12.7
Under 20 ................. 53.4 52.3 16.4 31.7 40.7 33.1 17.2
20-24 .................... 28.3 32.1 12.6 24.2 20.2 23.9
11.7
25-29 .................... 20.6 28.7 12.9 23.2 23.7 20.7 11.3
30-34 .................... 31.9
34.3 16.1 29.9 27.6 27.2 12.7
35 and over ............... 27.1 37.2 12.8 30.2 34.5 34.1 14.0
Infant mortality
Total ..................... 80.1 65.1 18.3 55.2 88.4 60.7
17.5
Under 20 ................. 133.5 104.1 21.2 79.3 116.6 86.3 20.2
20-24 .................... 76.6 67.9 18.6 51.7 84.2 59.7 15.9
25-29 .................... 60.5 53.2 16.5 44.5 72.9 47.0 15.3
69.4 61.4 I 3 54.1 81.3 50.8 16.5
30-34 ....................
35 and over ............... 72.8 67.4 20.3 59.8 93.6 77.4 17.5
Deaths per 1,000 live births.
in the five Latin American projects. In
these two projects infant mortality was also
lowest for products of mothers 25-29 years
old and much higher for those of tile young­
est mothers. The numbers were small in
Sherbrooke, which probably accounts for
natal mortality in the various projects are in
general similar, with fewer differences than
those observed in infant mortality.
The projects in Sherbrooke and California
are shown in Figure 120 using a smaller
scale, tile death rates being much lower than
Fla. 119. Neonatal and Infant Mortality by Age of Mother in Five Latin American Projects.
CHACOPROVINCE SAO PAULO MONTERREY CHILEPROJECT
o -t SALVADORPROJECT
100
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\%
TV** NEONATAL ENTL""**,.***
20 NIONATAL NEONATAL NEONATAL
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.2020.242.3.29 30.34 35# .20 2I0.2425.29 30.34 35#
. 20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35# .20 20.24 239 30.34 33#, .20 20,2423.29 30.3A 35#
AGE OF'MOTHER IN YEARS