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Page 4 <br /> 1. <br /> 2. She stated that most of the problems existed in low income areas and in <br /> 3 . rural areas of the County. <br /> 4 . The Neonat�l Mortality rate has to do with death which occur between <br /> 5. birth through the first 28 days of life. The average range for Grange Cou <br /> 6 . is 1.1. 7 through 19 . 0 out of 1000 children. The average mortality rate for <br /> 7. the County is 13 .3 out of 1.000 children. <br /> g, In Infant ortality, the range is 15.1 to 29 .0. The County' s average <br /> 9 . is 18 .2 out of 1. 00 children. Causes of death in all children ages l thro <br /> 10 . 4 are due 99 percent of the times to accidents. The mortality rate tends <br /> to drop as children row. <br /> 11. A g <br /> 12 . She informeL the Beard that the major cause of death in adults is due <br /> 13. to heart disease and hypertension, however, hypertension is usually not <br /> 14 . listed as a direct cause of death. <br /> 15. Thirty-thre7 thousand people in Orange County have one disabling dis- <br /> � about <br /> ease and this number have two disablin 15. Talf g diseases . She informer <br /> 17. the Board that since 1958, lung cancer has increased by 345 percent in Orar <br /> 18 . County, colon-rectum cancer is up by 30 percent, breast cancer is up 44 per <br /> 1g , cent and cancer If the prostate is up by 47 percent. She stated that nranc <br /> 20 . County tops all ounties in this area in the incidents of sclerosis of the <br /> 21. liver. <br /> 22 . Chairman Wh'�tted asked that Ms. McClintock speak of ways in which the <br /> 23. mortality rate in .infants can be lowered in the County. <br /> 24. The Health Supervisory stated that good perinatal care at an early sta <br /> 25. is of great. valu The mother should receive good care and often. she <br /> 25 . should have good nutrition, have social support, help in the home when the <br /> 27. baby comes home, and that the baby should be a wanted baby. She stated th.a <br /> 28. recent studies sh w that the amount of family planning in a community resul <br /> 29. in a decline in infant mortalities. Mothers who are considered h..gh risks <br /> 30. are mothers over he age of 35 and under the age of 18. <br /> The Health Director stated that an agre%sive approach will make nn <br />