20% rise in death rate was observed among children in Lenkoran.
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Day.Az reports with reference to the Statistical Department of Lenkoram that 35 children died in the region not reaching the age of 1. This is a 20% rise as compared to 2006 when 29 cases were observed.
In other words, death rate among children made up 9.5 per 1000 people while in 2006 the indicator was 7.9.
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