infant mortality in moiliili
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Infant Mortality in Moiliili. By 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: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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