Infant Mortality Ten (10) Leading Causes _ Department of Health
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INFANT MORTALITY: TEN (10) LEADING CAUSESNUMBER AND RATE/per 1000 live births AND
PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTIONPhilippines, 2010
Cause Number Rate Percent1. Bacterial sepsis of newborn 3,608 2.0 16.12. Pneumonia 2,628 1.5 11.73. Respiratory distress ofnewborn 2,526 1.4 11.2
4. Congenital malformation ofthe heart 1,572 0.9 7.0
5.Disorders related to shortgestation and low birth weight,not elsewhere classified
1,487 0.8 6.6
6. Congenital pneumonia 1,095 0.6 4.9
7. Neonatal aspiration syndrome 1,079 0.6 4.88. Intrauterine hypoxia and birthasphyxia 950 0.5 4.2
9. Other congenitalmalformations 941 0.5 4.2
10.Diarrhea and gastroenteritisof presumed infectiousorigin
900 0.5 4.0