title: [Mortality in childhood--a study of pediatric fatalities in the Magdeburg district].
abstract: In the present study the causes of the cases of infant mortality (1 to 16 years of age) in the Magdeburg district in the period from 1982-1989 are analysed. The causes of death are shown according to age, sex and diagnosis groups, using autopsy-documents and data from the district of Magdeburg. The order of diagnosis starts with accidents with 40%, followed by malignant neoplasm and congenital anomalies with 13% and 13.1%, respectively, and diseases of the nervous system and of the sense organs with 9.9%. Conclusion are drawn for the reduction of the infant mortality rate.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Sozialmedizin, Institut für Pathologische Anatomie Medizinischen Akademie Magdeburg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heinemann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reinhardt
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Röse
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality
vernacular_title: Mortalität im Kindesalter--Eine Studie über die Kindersterbefälle des Bezirkes Magdeburg.