OBJECTIVE 1.1
BY 1983, THE TRUST TERRITORY INFANT MORTALITY
SHOULD NOT EXCEED AN AVERAGE OF 16 INFANT DEATHS
PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS FOR ANY CONSECUTIVE THREE
YEAR PERIOD AND NOT EXCEED 20 DEATHS PER 1,000
LIVE BIRTHS FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL YEAR.
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presents the leading cause of infant deaths for the
year 1964-1975.
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Prematurity is clearly the primary cause of infant deaths.
For the period
1972-1976, prematurity accounted for 27% of all infant deaths.
The TIPI infant mortality rate due to- prematurity is 8.6 per 1,000
live births.
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(1974-1976).
The United States rate for prematurity as_
a cause of death is 1.4 per 1,000.
OBJECTIVE 1.2
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BY 1982,.THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE FOR PREMATURITY
WILL. BE NO GREATER THAN 5 DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.
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