Estudo de mortalidade infantil e de seus componentes para o município de Botucatu-SP no período de 1991 a 2007 / Study of infant mortality rates and its components for the City of Botucatu-SP in the period of 1991 to 2007
Descrever as tendências dos coeficientes de mortalidade infantil e de seus componentes ocorridas, durante o período de 1991 a 2007, no município de Botucatu-SP.
Most of the coefficients showed a decrease in their values, and the coefficient of early neonatal mortality showed the greatest reduction. There was a trend towards greater reduction in postneonatal infant mortality in relation to neonatal and a tendency to reduce the value of perinatal mortality and increased neonatal mortality. Still birth remained stable.
Conclusion:
A greater reduction of infant mortality, of neonatal mortality and especially the coefficient of still birth is a challenge to be overcome in the coming years and to invest in research and prevention of the causes of these deaths. Further research in infant mortality and its components to reveal the underlying determinants of inequality and intra-city is still a necessity...