Transcript Infant Mortality in Moiliili By HanHa Youn Honors 291 Purpose and Hypothesis  Purpose: – Find trends in infant deaths in in Section A of the.

Infant Mortality in Moiliili
By HanHa Youn
Honors 291
Purpose and Hypothesis
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Purpose:
– Find trends in infant deaths in in Section A
of the Moiliili Japanese Cemetery.
– Possible causes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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