Low birthweight and infant mortality in Puerto Rico.

Infant mortality and low birthweight, 1975 to 1995.

OBJECTIVES This article examines trends in infant mortality and the incidence of low birthweight from 1975 to 1995. DATA SOURCES The data are from the Canadian Vital Statistics Data Base, compiled from information provided to Statistics Canada by the Vital Statistics Registries in each province and territory. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES Death rates, stillbirth rates, and the incidence of low birt...

Puerto Rico

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Slavery in Puerto Rico

University of Puerto Rico

Weed Controi, in Puerto Rico

Sugar cane growers in Puerto Rico are faced with problems of weed control as any other farmer in the world. He is faced with increased cost of production of cane, through higher labor and material costs. When labor costs were low, much of the weed control was done by many men using machetes and other implements. As every farmer knows "weeds are plants out of place." Since beginning of farming, ...