Mortality and Its Underlying Causes of Death in Araraquara-SP, Brazil from 2007 to 2015
Journal Title: Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 24, Issue 5
Abstract
Aim: This study was done to characterize the evolution of infant mortality rate in the period 2007-2015 in Araraquara- SP, Brazil and to identify the main causes of death. Design: It was an exploratory cross-sectional epidemiological study. Subjects: Data sources for live births and deaths of infants under 1 year were, respectively, SINASC and SIM. The study period was divided into three-years-period, aiming to identify statistically significant differences between two periods. Death´s causes were codified according to ICD-10. Results: The infant mortality rate, between 2007 and 2015, was 11.7 per 1,000 live births, and was stable with no statistically significant differences between the three-year-period. Perinatal causes were the most common in the neonatal period (73.2%), followed by congenital malformations (21.4%). In the postneonatal period, congenital malformations accounted for 30.2% of deaths, followed by influenza and pneumonia, with 11.3%. Conclusions: The infant mortality rates were stable from 2007 to 2015. The postneonatal mortality was the least of the components, so that the neonatal period was responsible for 80.9% of the deaths. The perinatal causes accounted for 60.6% of the deaths among children of less than one year of age, and were the main cause of mortality.
Authors and Affiliations
Leonor de Castro Monteiro Loffredo, Rodolpho Telarolli Júnior, Gabriela Caponero de Brito, Gilberto Bento Magioni Júnior, Lucas Casimiro Barreto, Tatiana Fioruci D'Antonio
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- EP ID EP312509
- DOI 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/36973
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