Table 4

Leading Causes of Infant Mortality in Mogilev Oblast, Belarus, 1980–2000, by time period and age category.

1980–1985
 1986–1991
 1992–2000


Cause
 Num
 %
 Cause
 Num
 %
 Cause
 Num
 %
Neonatal (0–28 days)
1.
 prematurity
 132
 14.8%
 prematurity
 167
 23.5%
 prematurity
 181
 22.7%
2.
 pneumonia
 121
 13.6%
 congenital heart defects
 92
 12.9%
 congenital heart defects
 102
 12.8%
3.
 asphyxia
 76
 8.5%
 asphyxia
 63
 8.9%
 multiple congenital defects
 78
 9.8%
4.
 congenital heart defects
 74
 8.3%
 pneumonia
 59
 8.3%
 pneumonia
 63
 7.9%
5.
 acute viral syndrome/influenza
 57
 6.4%
 multiple congenital defects
 53
 7.4%
 cardiopulmonary insufficiency
 61
 7.6%
6.
 birth trauma
 57
 6.4%
 intracranial hemorrhage/bleeding
 37
 5.2%
 intracranial hemorrhage/bleeding
 47
 5.9%

Other
 373
 42.0%
 Other
 241
 33.8%
 Other
 267
 33.4%

Total
 890
 100.0%
 Total
 712
 100.0%
 Total
 799
 100.0%
Postneonatal (29–364 days)
1.
 acute viral syndrome/influenza
 232
 21.9%
 acute viral syndrome/influenza
 129
 21.0%
 acute viral syndrome/influenza
 74
 12.8%
2.
 pneumonia
 175
 16.5%
 congenital heart defects
 70
 11.4%
 cardiopulmonary insufficiency
 71
 12.3%
3.
 congenital heart defects
 82
 7.8%
 pneumonia
 64
 10.4%
 congenital heart defects
 69
 11.9%
4.
 gastroenteritis
 52
 4.9%
 cardiopulmonary insufficiency
 48
 7.8%
 pneumonia
 54
 9.3%
5.
 sepsis
 49
 4.6%
 asphyxia
 27
 4.4%
 asphyxia
 29
 5.0%
6.
 meningococcemia
 34
 3.2%
 meningococcemia
 26
 4.2%
 upper airway obstruction
 28
 4.8%

Other
 445
 41.6%
 Other
 256
 41.3%
 Other
 257
 44.2%

Total
 1069
 100.0%
 Total
 620
 100.0%
 Total
 582
 100.0%

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