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Picture 1 shows the rapid decrease in number of homedeliveries
during the last ten years.
The decade 1961 — 1970 was divided into two five year periods,
1961 -—■ 1965 and 1966 — 1970. Perinatal mortality in the former peri-
od was 22.7/1000 and in the latter 20.8/1000.
Table 6 compares the Reykjavík perinatal mortality figures with
those of other nations.
Heimildir:
1. Heilbrigðisskýrslur (Public Health in Iceland) 1961—1967.
2. Mannfjöldaskýrslur Hagstofu íslands 1963 (Population and Vital
Statistics)
3. World Healt'h Statistics Report.