Peculiarities of infant death rate in rural area of Tatarstan Republic

Infant death rate in rural area from 1985 to 1994 is analyzed. The rise of early neonatal death rate, the decrease of specific gravity of respiratory organs diseases and the increase of a share of perinatal period diseases; the rise of death rate of children under 1 year from congenital anomalies of development and infants under 1 month from respiratory disorders syndrome, birth injury, hypoxic and anoxic states are revealed. One of the ways in the resolution of the problems of premature children nursing is the creation of the republican perinatal centres conforming to the international standards as well as the improvement of current perinatal technologies and their introduction to practice.