Changing scenario of birthweight in south India.
Indian Pediatr
;
1994 Aug; 31(8): 931-7
Artículo
en Inglés
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-10517
ABSTRACT
Reducing incidence of low birthweight and increasing mean birthweights are now considered seriously in the national action plans. Comparison of birthweights obtained over two decades from the representative random segments of rural and urban areas of North Arcot Ambedkar district, Tamil Nadu, India, were studied. Although statistically significant (p < 0.001), the mean birthweight shows only a marginal increase of 70 g from 2774.5 g (+/- 500.2) in 1969-73 to 2845.4 g (+/- 451.0) in 1989-93. The mean birthweight stratified by area and gender also revealed similar increase. On the other hand, the proportion of low birthweight (< 2500 g) newborns reduced significantly from 27.2% to 15.9% in rural and 19.1% to 10.8% in urban area over the decades (p < 0.001). The increase in the mean birthweight and the decline in the percentage of low birthweight newborns over the years was greater in rural than the urban community, but the rural newborns continued to weigh lesser than their urban counterparts.
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Asunto principal:
Población Rural
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Población Urbana
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Peso al Nacer
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Recién Nacido de Bajo Peso
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Recién Nacido
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Incidencia
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Adolescente
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de incidencia
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Estudio pronóstico
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Indian Pediatr
Año:
1994
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Artículo
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