OBJECTIVE To identify spatial patterns of changes in infant mortality rates and proportions of low-birth-weight live births observed in 1994. SETTING Canada. SUBJECTS Live births and infant deaths in Canada between 1987 and 1994. Data for Newfoundland were unavailable for 1987 through 1990. OUTCOME MEASURES Annual infant mortality rates (crude and after excluding live newborns weighing le...

OBJECTIVE To determine risk factors for perinatal asphyxia. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING Teaching hospital. METHODS All consecutive hospital births were evaluated during the study period. Asphyxia was defined on intrapartum and neonatal resuscitation criteria. Maternal, intrapartum and neonatal variables were recorded in all births. Data was analyzed after stratifying for live and stillbi...

Seventy cases of Down syndrome have been ascertained in South Glamorgan during the period 1968 to 1976. This gives an overall incidence of 1 in 658 live births. Analysis of the data on the basis of single years of maternal age gives an incidence of 1 in 200 by 36 years, 1 in 100 by 40 years, and 1 in 50 by 44 years. All incidence figures are for live births at age of delivery.

A household survey was carried out to study infant and under-5 mortality in urban and rural areas of Faisalabad Tehsil. The overall infant mortality rate was 110.1 (per 1000 live births). The under-5 mortality rate was calculated as 158.6 (per 1000 live births). These rates were higher in rural areas than in urban areas. The infant as well as under-5 mortality rates for females were higher than...

Background: Understanding causes of death among children is crucial to decrease mortality rate. Identifying specific causes of under-five mortality help in developing possible prioritize preventive interventions. This study aimed to identify rates and common causes associated with child deaths in a Tertiary Care Centre in North Jordan. Materials and Methods: At a retrospective study, death regi...

Introduction Infant and maternal deaths are highly under-reported in the state. Incentives are given to the community to encourage reporting of infant and maternal deaths but this has not helped much. Consequently infant mortality rate (IMR) and maternal mortality ratio (MMR) reported by various districts are low and are not comparable to surveys such as the sample registration survey (SRS) or ...