European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page -1 the stars and stripes monday. October 14. 1985 . Infant mortality rate hits new Low births increase in 1984, report shows Washington a in tin i nit cil slates Tel to its Lowum Rale in histor in i Luj Cen is tin. No Nilst of birth1 in the a minor a. The highest Smyc i a new merriment it atomics show. Ibe nation s Nam population icel also helped compile a record number of l s Ami ilealli1 last car. While in ivories declined to the in Alm cel in Nearl a decade Kyo jmj to a in ii Minard report from the National Cen Ter for health stall slav i he first provisional statistics co Erin 19k-1 show .vj.? m of babies under 12 months of a a for an met lit rate of deaths per 1,000 live births the lowest annual rate Ever recorded in the United st.lie-.,". Cording to Lic i porn. Inc decline from a rate of 109 Dea is per 1.000 live births was attributed primarily to improvements in the pm of i he very babies. Deaths among infants under 2k Days old dropped from 7.3 per xxx live births in 19h3 to 6.h per 1,000 last year continuing a steady decline has been under Way for several years As pre Natal care for mothers has been improved along with increased intensive medical help for newborns. The drop in mortality among the under-28-Day-old infants More than offset a very slight Rise in mortality of babies Between 2h Days old and 11 months old from 3.6 to 3.7 per 1.000 live births. The Overall decline in infant deaths occurred despite a larger number of births with the 3,697.000 total the High est level since 1970, according to the report. That was up 2 percent from 1983. She i �x4 total constituted a birth rate of 15.7 lie births per 1.000 population up t percent reversing he declining rates of recent years. The Rise in births was Karpek the result of an increasing number of women in the 15-Io-u a c As the Post world War ii baby Boom Pur item matures the study noted. Women in that group also Mure children rising vim 65 a births per 1,000 in i9k3 to m per 1.000 last Bureau projections indicate that the number of women aged 15 to 44 will grow another i percent this \e.ir, then stabilize for the remainder of the decade. How Ever a decline among those aged 15 to 24, who account for nearly half of All births already has begun. Thus if inc nation s total number of births is to continue to increase in the coming years birth rates will have to Rise for women aged 24 and Over the study indicated. The rising size of the population helped boost the num Ber of deaths and marriages to record Levels the study showed but a decline in divorces As recorded. There were 2,487,000 marriages in the United slates last year the greatest annual total in . History the study said. That represented a rate of jo.5 marriages per 1,000 people the same As in 1983, when both the total number and the Overall population were slightly smaller. Since 1867, when the nation s marriages first were Tab us tied the rate has varied from a Low of 7.9 per 1,000 in the depression year 1932 to a High of u 4 in 1946. When military personnel returned from world War ii. Marriages continued to follow their Normal seasonal pattern last year highest in june lowest in january. Divorces in inc United state dropped to 1,155,000 last ear Down 5k.ooo from the car More the divorce rate was 4. Per 1,000 people 8 percent Chiow the record Sci in in ind 1981 and the lowest rate since 1975. There were a record 2.047.000 deaths recorded in the United states last year. The record number of deaths in j9s4 reflects a general increase in inc size of the population especially at 65 ears of age and the study said. However As o result of the continued decline in the death Rales for most age groups the provisional age adjusted death rate for 19x4 was the lowest Ever recorded in the United that rate was 547.7 deaths per 100,000 population Down slightly from 549.6 in 19s.v the leading causes of death remained basically the same heart disease followed by cancer stroke accidents and lung disease. Life expectancy at birth in the United states for last year was the same As the record High set in 1983 an estimated 74,7 years for the total population. Record highs were established for White females 78.8 years White males 71.8 years and Black males 65.5 years the study said. But life expectancy for Black women dropped somewhat to 73.7 years. Report claims Nutrasweet decomposes san Francisco a Pepsico inc. And the Ood and i drug administration have challenged research sponsored by the sugar Industry that contends aspartame better known b its Trade name Sutra s weel decomposes in carbonated Bever Ages. 1 he findings presented to the 21 is regional conference of the american chemical society by or. Wing s. Tsang indicate that aspartame decomposes in soft drink and loses its Sweet taste by half in six months and almost completely in three years. That s not what our studies have proven said Fra consumer affairs officer Lola Holland in san a Roncisco. Aspartame is used in carbonated Bever Ages table lop sweeteners chewing gum breakfast cereals powdered drinks and de Sert mixes. Not had problems i Pepsico spokesman Ken Ross in new York said his company has been producing drinks with Nutrasweet As the sole sweetener since last november. We have no had he said he called aspartame one of the most thoroughly tested ingredients of our As for twang s report thai the sweetener loses its taste Ross said soft drinks Are High turnover items and they tend Noi to sit around on Szorc shelves for a Jong Tsang works for sugar processing re search inc. A chemist for group Mur Ann a Godshal described it As a non profit research Agency funded in part by he sugar association based in washing Ion in. By approximately a companies refiners and producers from around the world and by the . Depart ment of agriculture. The study outlined by Tsang imbued analysis of the effects of one lout months storage Al room temperature of four can Ned Canadian soft drink brands con Taining aspartame. We can see Oer a period of time the aspartame is going a Down Tsang said. Within seven weeks he said the Sweet Lasle of the soft drinks had disappeared. If the drinks were consumed after that length of Lime they would taste kind of Tsang said. Phil Michaud a Ruck Driver for Arsen Ault tire a. Of Wistow Maine was on his Way to Caribou with a Load of tires when a tire on his vehicle blew. Tiresome Day when he went o change it. Lie found he did t have the handle to the truck s Jack. With the Aid of a Vav Recker he was soon on his Way but when he reached Bangor another tire men. 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