Mortality among children under the age of one in Mexico, by cause

Abstract

The impact of mortality in Mexico is noticeably greater among small children, specially during the first year of life. This article presents the levels and trends of deaths among children under the age of one, by groups of causes, for some states, for the years 1979- 1985. Identifying the causes of death according to the international classification of diseases, both for deaths among children under the age of one and for total deaths, the goal is to establish a comparison of the levels of general and infant mortality by groups of causes. The data are taken from the statistical yearbooks of the Head Office for Statistics, for the years 1979 to 1985.

Trends in deaths by groups of causes are described for each of Mexico's six most populated states, of foreigners and those who did not indicated correctly the state they were from, as well as for the national level, with an analysis of the differences observed for the period under review among the states taken into consideration.