[The rate and structure of infant mortality in a town situated near an industrial nuclear enterprise].

The paper is devoted to analysis of the rates and structure of mortality of infants aged under 1 in a town, situated near a nuclear power enterprise (NPE). Altogether 38124 infants born in 1950-1978, were investigated. The dead infants (1160) were divided into 3 groups with relation to their parents' place of work: 1--infants whose parents worked in the NPE; 2--infants whose parents worked in town factories and offices; 3--all infants in the town.