The genetic component in child mortality

Arch Dis Child. 1970 Feb;45(239):33-8. doi: 10.1136/adc.45.239.33.

Abstract

Analysis of the causes of death in 1041 children in all Newcastle hospitals admitting children in the period 1960 to 1966 shows that genetically determined disease makes a major contribution, 42% in this series, to the total of mortality in childhood. The findings are very similar to a previous survey made in London.

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / mortality
  • Child
  • Chromosome Aberrations / mortality
  • Chromosome Disorders
  • Down Syndrome / mortality
  • Genes, Dominant
  • Genes, Recessive
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / mortality*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / mortality
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant Mortality*
  • Mosaicism
  • Trisomy