BABY BOOK: To help reduce infant deaths,...
BABY BOOK: To help reduce infant deaths, the local March of Dimes is publishing a “prenatal record booklet” aimed at women treated in public clinics. . . . “When it’s time to deliver, lots of them go to (hospital) emergency rooms,” where doctors know nothing of their prenatal histories, a spokeswoman says. . . . The booklet, filled out at each prenatal visit, will contain treatment information she can hand to an unfamiliar doctor. Booklets will be available in three months.
INFANT MORTALITY Percentage of children who died within a year of birth, 1988 figures: Japan (lowest): 5.0 Orange County: 6.8 California: 8.9 U.S.A.: 10.1 Bulgaria (highest): 14.7
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