Habitual Features of Gestuting Mothers and its Relationship to Infant and Child Mortality

Pregnancy habits of motIzers and their relation to child ınortality have been studied between March and May of 1991. Mothers between 15-24 years of age, consanquinity, the intervals less than 2 years betwe-en pregnancies, pregnancy less than 38 weeks, igno-rance of tetanus immunization, meals largely related cereal nutrition and lackiness of nutritive balance, weight gain less than 9 kg, lack of prenatal health care, multiple pregnancy increased infant and child monality rate and this increase was statistically me-aningffil (p<0.05). Unspecified illnesses during pregnancy and vomiting, increase in food intake pa-rallel pregnx2ncy, and undesirable pregnancy diri not affect infant and child monality significantly.