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Infant mortality in a North-Swedish geographical isolate, 1950–70

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Krystyna Modrzewska
Krystyna Modrzewska
Affiliation:
Institute for Medical Genetics, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
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Summary

Infand mortality for the period 1950—70 has been analysied in a North-Swedish isolate, a population characterized by a high incidence of schizopherenic psychoses and other neuorpsychiatric disorders. Infand mortality is higher than in Sweden generally. As many as 45·9% of the deceased infands in the population sccumbed during the first week of their life, compard to 28·1% in the general Swedish population.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , January 1980 , pp. 61 - 67
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Copyright © 1980, Cambridge University Press

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