Table 1

Infant Deaths (<1 year of age) Mogilev Oblast, Belarus, 1980–2000, by cause & gender.
Males				Females

Rank	Category (ICD)	#	%	Rank	Category (ICD)	#	%

1	pneumonia	341	12.3%	1	acute viral syndrome/influenza	234	12.4%
2	prematurity	327	11.8%	2	congenital heart defects	207	11.0%
3	acute viral syndrome/influenza	292	10.5%	3	pneumonia	195	10.4%
4	congenital heart defects	284	10.2%	4	prematurity	183	9.7%
5	asphyxia	164	5.9%	5	asphyxia	110	5.8%
6	cardiopulmonary insufficiency	152	5.5%	6	multiple congenital defects	97	5.2%
7	multiple congenital defects	146	5.2%	7	cardiopulmonary insufficiency	94	5.0%
	All other	1082	38.8%		All other	1244	40.5%
	Total	2788	100.0%		Total	1884	100.0%

Zichittella et al. BMC Pediatrics 2004 4:3 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-4-3