Citation

Solis F, Castillo B, Mardones G. Rev. Med. Chile 1982; 110(4): 383-390.

Vernacular Title

Mortalidad infantil por grupos de causas evitables en los 27 servicios de salud

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, Sociedad Medica De Santiago)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7156590

Abstract

Geographical inequalities arising in the death of children under 1 year are studied. Causes regarded as avoidable at the present moment and leading to death are determined and the 27 Regional Chilean Health Services are ranked from best to worse in levels of mortality using cluster analysis. Results show that: 1) total infant mortality fluctuates between 21/1000 in Santiago Oriente (minimum) and 68.7/1000 in Aisen (maximum); 2) avoidable deaths represent a theoretical 84% of all deaths (avoidable causes accounting for 63.9% of all infant deaths included deficient medical care during pregnancy, respiratory infection, and cases where early diagnosis and treatment could have been lifesaving); 3) in the under 1 year age group, the main risk of death was insufficient medical care during pregnancy and delivery, with a mean rate of 11.4/1000 born alive; and 4) ranking the Health Services in 5 homogeneous groups shows that group 1 (services of Santiago plus Valparaiso-San Antonio and Arica) have the best levels of avoidable mortality with rates under the mean for the whole country in all groups of causes of avoidable death. The other Regional Health Services, comprising 70% of these, show values over the national mean.

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