Abstract
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MethodsNumbers of registered infant deaths beyond 1 month of age at death were plotted by year of death, province of South Africa and age at death in months, for the years 1997 - 2007
This peak in mortality was not observed in the Western Cape
We identified a single province out of 9 South African provinces in which a peak in early infant deaths at age 2 - 3 months did not occur during the period 1997 - 2007
Summary
Numbers of registered infant deaths beyond 1 month of age at death were plotted by year of death, province of South Africa and age at death in months, for the years 1997 - 2007. We obtained South African infant mortality counts by age at death for the period 1997 - 2007 from Statistics South Africa. Infant deaths under 1 month were excluded from analysis because of the potential misclassification of live and stillbirths. Absolute counts of infant deaths were considered by province, year and age at death in months, starting at 1 month of age. Counts were averaged across the periods 1997 - 1999, 2000 - 2001, 2002 - 2003, 2004 2005 and 2006 - 2007. All analyses were conducted using Stata statistical software v11.0 (Stata-Corp Inc, College Station, Texas). The study was approved by the University of Cape Town Research Ethics Committee
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