Yach D
Centre for Epidemiological Research in Southern Africa of the Medical Research Council, Parowvallei, CP.
S Afr Med J. 1988 Feb 20;73(4):232-4.
National infant mortality rates (IMRs) for South Africa are at present based on guestimates. There is no reliable national black IMR estimate. A study was undertaken to determine the IMR for 10 large urban areas (where records are available) for 1981-1985 and to use these to estimate a national black IMR. Considerable variability in the IMR was found for blacks both between cities and years. An overall national IMR estimate for blacks of between 94 and 124 deaths per thousand live births was obtained. This is about twice as high as the national figure of 51.9 for coloureds. The coloured non-urban rate was 2.6 times the urban rate of 25.9 while the Asian and white rates were similar in urban and non-urban areas (17.9 and 12.3 respectively).
南非目前的全国婴儿死亡率是基于粗略估计得出的。目前尚无可靠的全国黑人婴儿死亡率估计数据。开展了一项研究，以确定1981年至1985年期间10个大城市地区（有记录可查）的婴儿死亡率，并据此估算全国黑人婴儿死亡率。研究发现，黑人的婴儿死亡率在不同城市和年份之间存在很大差异。得出的全国黑人婴儿死亡率总体估计数为每千例活产中有94至124例死亡。这大约是有色人种全国数字51.9的两倍。有色人种非城市地区的死亡率是城市地区25.9的2.6倍，而亚洲人和白人在城市和非城市地区的死亡率相似（分别为17.9和12.3）。
