MEDICAL AND STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BIRTH RATE AND MORTALITY OF INFANTS WITH LOW BODY WEIGHT
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https://doi.org/10.11603/2415-8798.2017.4.8431Keywords:
birth rate, infant mortality, low body weight infants.Abstract
Data on birth rate and mortality of infants with low body weight are performance indicators of obstetric, gynecological and neonatal care services. The increase in the last 5 years of the survival rate in infants with very low and extremely low body weight indicates improvements in neonatal care.
The aim of the study – to investigate the dynamics of the proportional birth rate of low birth weight infants, its regional characteristics and to quantify the mortality and survival rate of such infants for the last 5 years.
Materials and Methods. The study used statistical data collected by the Center of medical statistics of Ukraine for 2012–2016 survey monitoring the status of maternal and child health MATR IX-BAB IES . The study used bibliosemantic and statistical methods.
Results and Discussion. We determined that there was an increase in birth rate of infants with low body weight during 2012–2016. We have defined the regions of Ukraine with the highest and lowest rate of birth of low body weight infants. In the last 5 years there has been a decrease in the rate of deaths of infants with low body weight in the early neonatal and postnatal period, and its slight increase in the neonatal period.
Conclusions. An accurate criterion for determining dynamics of birth rate of low body weight infants is the proportional birth rate. The birth rate of low body weight infants has regional distinctiveness. The peak mortality rate of low body weight infants is observed in the early neonatal period while the lowest one in the post-neonatal period.
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