Abstract
This case-control study was conducted to determine the relationship between feeding practices (and living conditions) and the risk of early infant mortality in a poor urban population in Lima Peru. Using the Epi-info 6.4 software a total of 236 records of dead infants due to infectious diseases were reviewed and only 135 were analyzed. Overall this study showed that failure to breast-feed (especially when not exclusively) during the first months and the living conditions of poor single-parent mothers greatly increase the risk of infant mortality due to infectious diseases. For both case and control groups the introduction of liquid supplements was a common practice but for infants who died the practice started much earlier. Results of this study support the view that current infant feeding practices remain an important cause of early infant deaths among poor urban families.
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