TABLE 11 MAJOR CAUSES OF INFANT DEATHS 1979 TO 1983
Disease Group
Detailed List No. 9th Revision (1975)
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
Meningitis
Bronchitis
Viral pneumonia
320,322
15
ફૅ
8
00
15
ક
466, 490-491
5
3
1
3
כיז
3
480
5
4
3
1
Pneumococcal pneumonia
481
5
2
1
Other bacterial pneumonia
482
I
Pneumonia due to other specified organism
483
Bronchopneumonia, organism unspecified
485
77
64
29
28
50
Pneumonia, organism specified
486
50
39
34
21
21
Gastroenteritis, colitis & other diarrhoeal disease
558, 009
32
14
13
6
I
Congenital anomalies
740-759
277
249
221
240
254
Obstetric complications & birth trauma
761-763, 767
16
3
6
6
Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia
768
110
113
103
86
73
Respiratory distress syndrome
769
143
161
115
123
107
Other respiratory conditions of fetus and newborn
770
63
ht
58
64
71
Slow fetal growth and fetal malnutrition Disorders relating to short gestation and unspecified low birthweight
764
765
95
50
82
61
74
76
TABLE 11 (Cont'd)
Detailed List No.
Disease Group
1979
9th Revision (1975)
1980
1981
1982
1983
Fetus or newborn affected by maternal conditions which may be unrelated to present pregnancy
Disorders relating to long gestation and high birthweight
760
766
I
Infections specific to perinatal period Fetal and neonatal haemorrhage
771
7
16
16
20
772
45
40
38
66
22
Haemolytic disease of fetus or newborn due to isoimmunization and other perinatal jaundice Endocrine and metabolic disturbances specific to the fetus and newborn
773-774
28
13
6
3
775
2
1
I
N
Haematological disorders of fetus and newborn
776
3
B
9
5
Perinatal disorders of digestive system
777
13
20
4
9
Conditions involving the integument and temperature regulation of fetus and newborn
778
22
19
27
29
Other and ill-defined conditions originating in the perinatal period
779
1
I
Others
Residues of 001-999
100
107
89
73
68
All Causes
001-999
1 092
1 008
846
853
830
Notes: Figures for the years 1974-1978 have been suppressed as some of the data cannot be regrouped according to the 9th Revision (1975)