Extremes of maternal age and child mortality: analysis between 2000 and 2009* *This study is part of the Research Project: “Child Mortality: progression from illness to death, Londrina-PR”, Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação (PROPPG), Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil.

To analyze the characteristics of infant mortality at the extremes of maternal age. Retrospective, cross-sectional quantitative study using data from Live Birth Certificates, Death Certificates and from Child Death Investigation records in Londrina, Paraná, in the years of 2000–2009. During the 10-year study period, there were 176 infant deaths among mothers up to 19 years of age, and 113 deaths among mothers aged 35 years or more. The infant...