Table 4 Leading Causes of Infant Mortality in Mogilev Oblast, Belarus, 1980–2000, by time period and age category.
From: Infant mortality trends in a region of Belarus, 1980–2000
1980–1985 | 1986–1991 | 1992–2000 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cause | Num | % | Cause | Num | % | Cause | Num | % | |
Neonatal (0–28 days) | |||||||||
1. | prematurity | 132 | 14.8% | prematurity | 167 | 23.5% | prematurity | 181 | 22.7% |
2. | pneumonia | 121 | 13.6% | congenital heart defects | 92 | 12.9% | congenital heart defects | 102 | 12.8% |
3. | asphyxia | 76 | 8.5% | asphyxia | 63 | 8.9% | multiple congenital defects | 78 | 9.8% |
4. | congenital heart defects | 74 | 8.3% | pneumonia | 59 | 8.3% | pneumonia | 63 | 7.9% |
5. | acute viral syndrome/influenza | 57 | 6.4% | multiple congenital defects | 53 | 7.4% | cardiopulmonary insufficiency | 61 | 7.6% |
6. | birth trauma | 57 | 6.4% | intracranial hemorrhage/bleeding | 37 | 5.2% | intracranial hemorrhage/bleeding | 47 | 5.9% |
Other | 373 | 42.0% | Other | 241 | 33.8% | Other | 267 | 33.4% | |
Total | 890 | 100.0% | Total | 712 | 100.0% | Total | 799 | 100.0% | |
Postneonatal (29–364 days) | |||||||||
1. | acute viral syndrome/influenza | 232 | 21.9% | acute viral syndrome/influenza | 129 | 21.0% | acute viral syndrome/influenza | 74 | 12.8% |
2. | pneumonia | 175 | 16.5% | congenital heart defects | 70 | 11.4% | cardiopulmonary insufficiency | 71 | 12.3% |
3. | congenital heart defects | 82 | 7.8% | pneumonia | 64 | 10.4% | congenital heart defects | 69 | 11.9% |
4. | gastroenteritis | 52 | 4.9% | cardiopulmonary insufficiency | 48 | 7.8% | pneumonia | 54 | 9.3% |
5. | sepsis | 49 | 4.6% | asphyxia | 27 | 4.4% | asphyxia | 29 | 5.0% |
6. | meningococcemia | 34 | 3.2% | meningococcemia | 26 | 4.2% | upper airway obstruction | 28 | 4.8% |
Other | 445 | 41.6% | Other | 256 | 41.3% | Other | 257 | 44.2% | |
Total | 1069 | 100.0% | Total | 620 | 100.0% | Total | 582 | 100.0% | |