BIRTH AND INFANT MORTALITY STATISTICS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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• Publication Date: July 6, 1954
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BIRTH AND INFAI~i MORTALITY STATISTICS IN CZECHOSLOVAHIA
[The following is taken from an article by Dr Vladimir Srb Which
appeared in S_tatisti:kv Obzor (Statistical Review), Issue No 4, 1953,
published by the Statni Urad Statisticay (State Statistical Office)
in Prague, All information refers to the Czech provinces. Slovakia
is not inclt:ed.j
Since 1 January 1947 the Czechoslovak State Statistical Ofi'ice has been in-
structed to differentiate between premature and full-time births in its mortality
stntistics for infants under one year. The Statistical Office inserted the fol-
lowing que~ion i.n all infant death report forms: "Was it e full-time pregnancy?"
A previous estimate that 10 percent of all infant deaths consisted of those
born prematurely was not reliable, since some doctors and maternity attendnats
disagreed ns to what constituted a miscarriage or immature birth. Some doctors
considered a vari.tion between 28 to 36 weeks as a 11,11-time pregnancy.
In their 1948 conferences held in Ottawa and Geneva, medical statisticians
concluded that the term "premature" was not a true criterion and agreed on the
term 'immaturitis" to better describe the bodily development of the fetus.
The Czechoslovak Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health issue;i
directives establishing the following requirements for reporting births:
e. Any fetus of 400 grams' weight and over must be reported.
b. Stillborn in_*ants under 400 grams' weight are to be reported as mis-
carringes.
c? All other births are to be reported s births whether the child wns
alive or stillborn.
The following standard was established in determining whether the fetus is
immature: For single births, any birth under 2,500 grams in weight and 48 centi-
meters in length; for multiple births, any birth under 1,800 grams in weight and
45 centimeters in length.
The following codes were established to facilitate the classification of
infants:
Wei ht Len h cm Code Number
400-999 ' -. -36.9 1
1,000-1,249
37.O_3g,9
2
1,250-1,499
39.0-4O.g
3
1,500-1,999
41.0-42.9
4
2,000-2,499
43.0-44.9
5
2,500-2,999
45.0-46.9
6
3,000-3,499
47.0-48..9
7
3,500-3,999
49.0-50.9
g
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Weight (g)
Len h cm Code
Number
4,000-4,400
51.0-52.9
9
'+,500-4 ,9:-9
53.0-j4.9
a
5,000 f
55.0 ~
b
No;; given
Not given
0
The following table is a comparison of 1948 and 1950 births Ln the Czech
provinces according to maturity or immaturity of the fetus:
Including
Yeer Total births Immature* Percent
t949 188,219 4,932 2.6
1950 191,655 8,251 4.3
~ 1950 figures are based on codes 1 through 5.
The following table is a comparison of live and stillborn births for the
years 1949 and 1g50:
L~ve Ri.~ths..
_
Stillborn
Year
Total
No of ,
Immature
Percent
Total
No of
Lnmatare
Percent
1949
185,484
3,938
2.1 ,e.
2,735
994
36.3
1950
188,341
6,716
3.6 '
3,314
1,535
46.3
The above figures for 1949 are incomplete, as a great many immature births
xere not reported, xhereas the 1950 figures disclose that [almost] one half of
the stillborn infnnts were also immature. Such information would not have been
available under the old method of calculating such data, which method was based
on length of pregnancy only.
The following table is a breakdown of 1950 births by sex, legitimacy, live
and stillborn, and number of immature:
Category
Total
No of
Immature
Percent
Total
No of
Immature
Percent
Legitimate boys
91,314
2,843
3.1
1,648
673
40.8
Legitimate girls
85,10~F
3,080
3.6
1,309
660
50.4
Illegitimate boys
6,176
413
6.7
190
101
53.1
Illegitimate girls
5,7~+7
380
6.6
157
lol
64.3
Total stillborn boys
--
--
--
1,838
774
42.0
Total stillborn girls
--
--
--
1,476
761
51.6
Total live boys
97,490
3,256
3.3
--
--
--
Total live girls
90,851
3,460
3.8
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The following table is a breakdown of 1950 births in kra,js of the Czech
provinces according to number of live and stillborn births and number of im-
mature infnnta and fetuses:
Total t3irths
Kra~
Total
No of
Imma-
tore
Per-
cent
City of
Prague
14,835
738
5.0
Prague (city
excluded)
19,634
906
4.6
Ceske Budejovice
10,220
517
5,1
Plzen
10,527
421
4.0
Karlovy Vary
10,284
503
4,g
Usti nad Labem
17,425
831
4.8
Liberec
12,246
520
4.2
Hradec Kralove
11,120
405
3.6
Pardubice
8,359
331
4.0
Jihiava
8,638
298
3.4
Hrno
20,320
833
4.1
Olomouc
14,678
535
3.6
Gottwaldov
14,076
568
4.0
Ostrava
19,293
845
4.4
Totals
191,655
.,,+
8,251
~"
4.3
Per -
cent
46.0
47.1
49.0
53.0
47.8
41.2
35.9
47.4
44.9
47.1
46.3
provinces according to sex and weight. Weights are given inagrams?the Czech
Total
No of
Imma-
tore
Per-
cent Total
i;o of
_~_
lure
14,609
19,288
619
747
4.2
3.9
226
346
119
159
10,016
421
4.2
204
96
10,333
326
3.2
194
95
10,065
387
3.8
219
116
17,090
671
3.9
335
160
12,008
422
3.5
238
98
10,939
340
3.1
181
65
8,21,
267
3.2
140
64
8,498
251
3.0
140
47
20,000
676
3.4
320
157
1h,482
442
3.1
196
93
13,862
472
3.4
214
96
18,932 675
3?~
361
170
188,341 6,716
3.6
3,314
1,535
The following table is a breakdown of 1950 births in kr
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Total
Sex Births
City of
M
7,540
Prague
F
7,069
Prague (city
M
9,932
ezcluded)
F
9,356
Ceske
M
5,198
F
4,818
Plzen
M
5,337
F
4,996
Karlovy Vary
M
5,260
F
4,805
Usti nad Labem
M
8,820
F
8,270
Liberec
M
6,199
F
5,809
Hradec Kralove
M
5,660
F
5,279
Pardubice
M
4,240
F
3,979
Jihlava
M
4,389
F
4,109
M 10,274
F ~ 9,726
Under
1.000
1,000-
1,249
1,250-
1,'?+99
1,500-
1,999
2,000-
2
499
2, 00-
2
99
3,000-
4
3, oo- ~L,000-
4,500-
Not
,
,
9
3,
99
3,999 4.499
4.999
000+
given
23
31
19
85
256
1,061
2,768"
"~E;3 ~"?`' 803
12g
i
29
20
13
S4
311
1,347
3,022
1,740 -?t~gQ
52
5
9
3
2
~
29
39
130
309
1,204
3,544
3
282
099 1
224
44
20
22
22
u5
392
1,560
3,901
,
,
2,466 751
88
19
2
--
15
14
13
58
196
617
1
797
1
632 6
1
14
28
14
73
226
804
,
1,940
,
9
1,222 403
123
69
40
23
2
2
7
1
22
20
61
190
639
1,927
1,637 663
137
4
7
15
21
5y
190
870
2,o3y
1,332 384
51
3
15
3
16
24
16
66
187
612
1
857
1
600 688
20
20
i4
58
197
,
1
68
,
155
35
4
779
,9
1,219 413
93
17
7
36
40
39
2
30
l03
289
956
2,945
2,820 1,214
303
75
to
9
33
126
301
1,238
3,150
2,314 844
153
34
8
9
15
19
11
19
18
79
60
206
251
661
870
2,197
2
0
2,017 795
168
27
2
,39
1,599 488
84
20
3
l0
21
20
13
18
i
58
6
172
731
2,052
1,747 731
105
15
1
5
1
238
967
2,227
1,330 338
61
8
--
9
6
9
6
61
118
546
1,480
1
323 555
112
1
6
19
55
167
720
1,671
,
1,003 227
4q
9
7
2
1
5
7
13
44
153
478
1,620
1,398 567
86
18
12
6
l0
46
184
702
1,691
1,091 311
49
6
1
22
35
29
120
316
955
3,468
3,325 1
602
325
T6
1
20
39
29
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4,038
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Olomouc M 7,556
F 6,926
oottwaidov M 7,191
F 6,671
Ostrava M 8,894
F 9,038
~ 1 1 1 .3,132 11,028 34,046 30,890 13,067 2,731 556 32
3,650 14,627 27,280 24,161 7,560 1,307 272 34
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15 18 28 53
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The following is a breakdown. of 1950 births according to occupation [of the
father.] and employment stratus of the mother:
Category No of Percent of
Total Births Immature Total Births
Labor, trades, factory 101,726 6 66
7 6.6
A~?icultural 31,271 2,063 6.6
Transportation 15,400 920 6.0
Commercial 9,129 565 6.1
Administrative 25,300 1,600
6.3
Health esnd social welfare 1,752 128
7.3
Teachers, scientists, artists 3,479 239 6.
9
Services, personal and domestic o
-,419 203 8.4
Unemployed
962 45 4.6
Not given 217 16
7.4
Mother employed 50,846 4,149 g,2
Mother unemployed 140,809 g~X97
5.9
The following is a breakdown of infant deaths in 1950 in the Czech province,
according to weight and sex:
Wt (~
-1, 000
1,000-1,249
1,250-1,499
1,500-1,999
2,000-2,499
2,500-2,999
3,000-3,499
3,500-3,999
4,000-4,499
4,500-4,999
5,000+
Not reported
Totals 97,490 6,890
Live Died in Deaths
Births 1st Yr per 1,000
243 206 847.7
322 285 885.0
292 236 808.2
1,151 694 602.9
3,132 728 232.4
11,028 921 83.5
;4,046 1,629 ?~: `4y 8
30,890 1,290 41.8
13,067 496 38.0
2,731 128 46.9
556 So 89.9
32 227 __
Live Died in Deaths
Births 1st Yr per 1,000
272 219 805.1
270 226 837.0
280 208 742.9
1,138 489 429.7
3,650 527 144.4
14,627 841 57.5
37,280 1,302 34.9
24,161 865 35.8
7,560 263 34.8
1,307 64 49.0
272 26 95.6
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