Annual report of the Director of Medical Services / Barbados.

  • Barbados. Department of Medical Services.
Date:
[1956]
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: Annual report of the Director of Medical Services / Barbados. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE NUMBER OF DEATHS; % DISTRIBUTION FOR THE YEAR, 1955 DEATH IN FIR ST YEAR OF LIFE CAUSE OF DEATH. URBAN RURAL Number % Distribution Number % Distribution All Causes 355 100 667 100 Pre-natal and natal causes 195 54.9 303 45.4 Premature Birth ... 67 18.8 75 11.2 Congenital Malformations ... 9 2.5 12 1.8 Injury at Birth 1 .2 13 2.0 Congenital debility 91 25.6 112 16.8 Other diseases peculiar to first year oflife 12 3.5 62 9.3 Syphilis 12 3.5 20 3.0 Tetanus 3 .8 9 1.3 Respiratory 66 18.6 135 20; 2 Gastro-Intestinal Diseases 40 11.3 114 17.2 Epidemic and other communicable diseases 6 1.7 6 *.9 Malnutrition 31 8.7 71 10.7 All other specified causes... 12 3.4 37 5.6 Ill-defined & unknown causes 5 1.4 1 .1