Born alive with low weight at birth in Bogotá 2014-2016
Journal Title: Revista Cuarzo - Year 2020, Vol 26, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction. The World Health Organization (WHO) considers low birth weight a public health problem, since it increases the risk of noncommunicable diseases in later life and is the most frequent cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Low birth weight brings with it a deficiency in the physical and neurological development of the neonatal, both in the long and short term, either due to congenital or genetic pathologies or due to events secondary to hospitalization in neonatal intensive care units, such as infections associated with health care, use of assisted ventilation, use of certain drugs or other conditions that are subject to prolonged hospitalization of the newborn. Objective. To measure the frequency of low birth weight in term and preterm pregnancies and to identify possible related risk factors. Methodology. A retrospective descriptive study was carried out on births that occurred in the city of Bogotá between the years 2014 and 2016, based on data collected by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), using central tendency measures to evaluate the frequency of low birth weight. Results. The total number of live births in the period studied, according to the vital statistics of the National Administrative Department of Statistics was 349.967, of which 44.817 were live births with low weight, equivalent to 12,80% of the total population. The largest record was documented in 2014 with 14.973 cases; pregnant women in the extreme ages, under 15 and over 44, have the highest rates of low birth weight 0,18 and 0,25 respectively. Conclusions. Extreme maternal ages are a risk factor for developing low birth weight. The most frequent low birth weight interval during the period studied was between 2,000 and 2,499 grams. The only year in which a statistical difference was identified was 2016, the extreme maternal ages presented the highest rates of live births with low weight were in the towns of Suba and Kennedy.
Authors and Affiliations
Alejandro Avelino Bonilla, Yeraldim Alejandra Coronado Gutiérrez, Felipe Ernesto Hernandez Romero
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.26752/cuarzo.v26.n2.512
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