Infant Mortality in MoiliiliBy HanHa Youn

Honors 291

Purpose and Hypothesis

Purpose: – Find trends in infant deaths in in

Section A of the Moiliili Japanese Cemetery.

– Possible causes. Hypothesis:

– Most of the infant deaths will be found to have occurred before they turn 1 because of their weaker constitutions.

– The deaths will show a trend in which timeframe most of them occurred.

Map of Infant Mortalities in Moiliili Cemetary

Death Statistics 42% died before turning 1. 14% died at 1 years old. 11 % died at 2 years old. 5% died at both 3 and 4 years old.

Other Observations Some families had more than one

infant deaths. Majority of deaths occurred

between the 1910s and 1940s. Many families gave names to their

babies, but there were some who did not.

Map of Infants With and Without Names by Age

Contingencies With health records, information on

possible disease outbreaks that may have affected children could be found.

Job records could show if money was a cause of health issues.

Data showing an increase or decrease in death rates in Moiliili.

Conclusion More infant deaths than was

expected. 57 total infant deaths Most occur between 1910s and

1940s Possible causes include disease

and lack of resources to care for them

Other possible avenues to explore: disease and life conditions during 1910s-1940s