PEDIATRICS Vol. 24 No. 6 December 1959, pp. 1108-1111
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PUBLIC HEALTH

ANNUAL SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS—1958

Myron E. Wegman M.D.1

1 Pan American Sanitary Bureau, World Health Organization

Between 1900 and 1956 the average expectation of life at birth increased from 49 to 70 years. Of this increase of 21 years, 5 were added as a result of the decrease in infant mortality alone. An additional decrease of 3 years, in the same period, was due to the lowered mortality of children 1 to 4 years of age.

It is to be hoped that the slight increase in infant mortality in the past 2 years is just a temporary setback. With available medical knowledge there is every reason to look forward to further reductions in future years.