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