Table 1.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Infant Mortality, Leading Causes, Number & Rate

5-Year Average

Region 10

(Per One Hundred Thousand Livebirths)

1994-1998 & 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

C A U S E S

5 Year Average

1999

(1994-1998)

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Pneumonia

          249

4.0

137

2.4

2.

Prematurity

            69

1.1

61

1.1

3.

Septicemia

            56

0.9

47

0.8

4.

Asphyxia Neonatorum

            24

0.4

33

0.6

5.

Diarrhea

            52

0.8

28

0.5

6.

Congenital Anomalies

            64

1.0

26

0.5

7.

Respiratory Distress Syndrome

            50

0.8

24

0.4

8.

Malnutrition

            14

0.2

17

0.3

9.

Sepsis Neonatorum

            18

0.3

15

0.3

10.

Accidents

             7

0.1

12

0.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source:  DOH 10/HIS (MFHSIS)