[Infant mortality classed by groups of avoidable causes in 27 health services around the country (Chile, 1979)].

Abstract:

:Geographical inequalities arising in the death of children under 1 year are studied. Causes regarded as avoidable at the present moment and leading to death are determined and the 27 Regional Chilean Health Services are ranked from best to worse in levels of mortality using cluster analysis. Results show that: 1) total infant mortality fluctuates between 21/1000 in Santiago Oriente (minimum) and 68.7/1000 in Aisen (maximum); 2) avoidable deaths represent a theoretical 84% of all deaths (avoidable causes accounting for 63.9% of all infant deaths included deficient medical care during pregnancy, respiratory infection, and cases where early diagnosis and treatment could have been lifesaving); 3) in the under 1 year age group, the main risk of death was insufficient medical care during pregnancy and delivery, with a mean rate of 11.4/1000 born alive; and 4) ranking the Health Services in 5 homogeneous groups shows that group 1 (services of Santiago plus Valparaiso-San Antonio and Arica) have the best levels of avoidable mortality with rates under the mean for the whole country in all groups of causes of avoidable death. The other Regional Health Services, comprising 70% of these, show values over the national mean.

journal_name

Rev Med Chil

journal_title

Revista medica de Chile

authors

Solis F,Castillo B,Mardones G

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1982-04-01 00:00:00

pages

383-90

issue

4

eissn

0034-9887

issn

0717-6163

journal_volume

110

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