PS285 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Pain Management, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Middle Ages
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Canada infant mortality rate is high (5. 1 per 1,000: 1996 the rates of infant mortality in canada were close to sweden rates 4. 0 per. Usually because of where the births are (rural locales) Technology plays a huge role in why this is. Technology allows for pre-term babies to live longer. Stats show that race, culture, location matters. Infant mortality rates tell you a lot about the country. Countries that have lower rates: have national medical programs, provide free or low-cost maternal care. Sudden infant death syndrome (sids: causes are not entirely known, infant simply stops breathing, gentle death for child, enormous psychological toll for parents, sleeping position has been reliably related to sids. Death between ages 1 15 years: #1 cause of death is accidents (40%, #2 cause of death is cancer (especially leukemia) Death in adolescence and young adulthood: for those aged 15 to 24, death is due to: #4 cancer: reactions to young adult death.
