Survey on the Underreporting of Infant Death in Zhejiang Province

The paper shows the results of underreporting survey of the infant death in the Zhejiang Provincial Disease Surveillance System in December, 1996. The underreporting rate of birth was 0.32% based on the health card in the maternal period and the underreporting rate of infant death was 0.04%. The underreporting rate of birth in hospital was 0.04%. The infant death rate (in obstetric departments) was 0.02% and in pediatric departments was 6.9%. The underreporting rates of birth and infant death in residents were 7.37% and 21.74% respectively. The main causes of underreporting infant death were that 60% was township hospitals failing to report and 40% was parents failing to report. The adjusted birth rate was 10.71‰ while the adjusted infant death rate was 23.88‰ residents..