Abstract

Historically the occurrence of death among children, particularly death among infants, has been one of the more persistent and severe health problems of human society. Since most childhood deaths occur during the first few weeks and months of life, infant mortality has been the focus of considerable research and a number of social, economic, and demographic correlates have been identified.' Even so, our knowledge of the epidemiology of infant mortality is far from complete. The operation of many sociocultural factors already identified is not fully understood, nor is there evidence to indicate that even all relevant factors have been

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