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. } Table \V-5 presents the leading cause of infant deaths for the year 1964-1975. pe 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. @ (1974-1976). The United States rate for prematurity as_ a cause of death is 1.4 per 1,000. OBJECTIVE 1.2 9009140 BY 1982,.THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE FOR PREMATURITY WILL. BE NO GREATER THAN 5 DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS. a