Abstract

DIAZ ELEJALDE, Yurima  and  ALONSO URIA, Rosa María. Study of early neonatal mortality in Guanabacoa municipality. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2008, vol.24, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3038.

Early neonatal mortality is a very important component within the infant mortality indicator, since it accounts for more than 50 % of the deaths in children under one. A descriptive, retrospective and longitudinal study was conducted to characterize the behavior of early neonatal mortality in Guanabacoa municipality from January 1st, 2000 to June 30th, 2005. A sample of 48 deaths was studied through variables of the mother and of the newborn infant, whose data were obtained from the review of the medical death registries and of the medical histories. It was observed that early neonatal mortality in the municpality shows a decreasing trend, mainly in the first 4 years, and that the fundamental causes of deaths were infections (17 %), sepsis (8.3 %), asphyxia (6.3 %) and congenital malformations (6.3 %).

Keywords : Early neonatal mortality; infant mortality rate; death causes.

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