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An investigation of child mortality in Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica: Preliminary review for 1969
Kingston; Apr. 16, 1971. 8 p.
Monografia em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-9258
Biblioteca responsável: JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; Reprint Collection
ABSTRACT
It has been shown that mortality in childhood in Jamaica is declining rapidly in all parts of the island. Regional differences however are still found with higher rates in the Western parishes. This paper describes a preliminary review of deaths of children under five years of age in the corprate area of Kingston & St. Andrew, Jamaica, for the year 1969. Between the ages of six month and two years, gastro-enteritis and malnutrition still account for a high proportion of deaths. Children whose mothers lack antenatal care and whose mothers were very young, were at a greater risk of dying in the neonatal period. There was also a relative preponderance of deaths among children in a well defined geographic area of a lower socio-economic status. Prematurity and obstetrical complications were the chief causes of deaths in the neonatal period. There were also 12 deaths from gastro-enteritis and 8 from tetanus in this period, and 22 from diphtheria and whooping cough in the postneonatal and early childhood periods. Hence in establishing priorities in developing and improving a maternal and child health programme, emphasis must necessarily be given to children under two years of age and special attention to certain geographic areas. It is hoped that this report help to point out needs for preventive programmes and for other uses of the results in health planning. This preliminary analysis has been done in order to obtain some early information that would be useful to the Ministry of Health, Jamaica. (SUMMARY)
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Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Contexto em Saúde: ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar / ODS3 - Meta 3.2 Reduzir as mortes de recém nascidos e crianças com menos de 5 anos Problema de saúde: Meta 3.2: Reduzir as mortes de recém nascidos e crianças com menos de 5 anos / Cuidados de Saúde Neonatal / Nutrição Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Mortalidade Infantil Limite: Criança, pré-escolar / Humanos / Lactente / Recém-Nascido País/Região como assunto: Caribe Inglês / Jamaica Idioma: Inglês Ano de publicação: 1971 Tipo de documento: Monografia
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Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Contexto em Saúde: ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar / ODS3 - Meta 3.2 Reduzir as mortes de recém nascidos e crianças com menos de 5 anos Problema de saúde: Meta 3.2: Reduzir as mortes de recém nascidos e crianças com menos de 5 anos / Cuidados de Saúde Neonatal / Nutrição Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Mortalidade Infantil Limite: Criança, pré-escolar / Humanos / Lactente / Recém-Nascido País/Região como assunto: Caribe Inglês / Jamaica Idioma: Inglês Ano de publicação: 1971 Tipo de documento: Monografia
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