Table 2

Infant mortality in a cohort of 733 live born children in Lungwena

Girls Boys Both sexes
Singletons118 (41/346)138 (49/356)128 (90/702)
Twins286 (4/14)353 (6/17)323 (10/31)
All children125 (45/360)147 (55/373)136 (100/733)
  • Infant mortality is the number of infant deaths/1000 live born children. The absolute numbers of observed deaths/number of evaluable children are in parentheses.