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Medicentro Electrónica
versão On-line ISSN 1029-3043
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RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ, Justo F. e RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, Barbarita. Manifestation of some indicators of Maternal- Child Health Program in Villa Clara during 2011-2012. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.3, pp. 102-109. ISSN 1029-3043.
A descriptive observational study was carried out with the objective of determining the manifestation of some indicators of Maternal - Child Health Program in Villa Clara during 2011-2012, in which, registers of the Statistical Department and the Provincial Department of Maternal-Child Care Program were checked. In this years, infant mortality rate decreased from 5,7 to 4,8 for each thousand alive, and its main cause was due to affections during perinatal period. There were no direct maternal deaths. There was an increment of 10,5 % in late fetal mortality; low birth weight decreased comparing this period with the previous one, and it was mainly due to preterm labors. Mortality in children under five years old was reduced to 9 %. Maternal- Child Health Program in Villa Clara shows important results in the analyzed indicators, which is in correspondence with first-world countries.
Palavras-chave : maternal-child health services; infant mortality.