[Mortality in childhood--a study of pediatric fatalities in the Magdeburg district].

In the present study the causes of the cases of infant mortality (1 to 16 years of age) in the Magdeburg district in the period from 1982-1989 are analysed. The causes of death are shown according to age, sex and diagnosis groups, using autopsy-documents and data from the district of Magdeburg. The order of diagnosis starts with accidents with 40%, followed by malignant neoplasm and congenital anomalies with 13% and 13.1%, respectively, and diseases of the nervous system and of the sense organs with 9.9%. Conclusion are drawn for the reduction of the infant mortality rate.