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PIP: The impact of the nutritional status of reproductive-age women on infant mortality in Cuba is analyzed for the period 1979-1983. The risk of having low-birth-weight babies is measured using nutritional indexes based on women's height, weight, and age group. Data are from a survey of 69,655 women aged 15-49 in the province of Havana. (SUMMARY IN ENG AND FRE)^ieng
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Age Factors , Anthropometry , Birth Weight , Infant Mortality , Infant, Low Birth Weight , Mortality , Nutritional Physiological Phenomena , Population Characteristics , Research Design , Women , Americas , Biology , Body Weight , Caribbean Region , Cuba , Demography , Developed Countries , Developing Countries , Health , Latin America , North America , Physiology , Population , Population Dynamics , Reproduction , ResearchABSTRACT
PIP: The program of fertility control developed for the approximately 133,000 women of fertile age living in the Cuban province of Havana between 1979 and 1984 is described. The focus is on the program's impact on infant mortality (SUMMARY IN ENG AND FRE)^ieng
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Family Planning Services , Health Planning , Infant Mortality , Mortality , Americas , Caribbean Region , Cuba , Demography , Developed Countries , Developing Countries , Latin America , North America , Population , Population DynamicsABSTRACT
PIP: An analysis of infant mortality in the province of Havana, Cuba, is presented. The data, which concern the 133 infant deaths that occurred in 1983, were collected using questionnaires completed by physicians responsible for local health areas. (SUMMARY IN ENG AND FRE)^ieng
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Demography , Infant Mortality , Mortality , Americas , Caribbean Region , Cuba , Developed Countries , Developing Countries , Latin America , North America , Population , Population Dynamics , ResearchABSTRACT
PIP: Questionnaires intended to determine the factors involved in deaths in infants under 1 year have been completed in the province of Havana, Cuba, since 1980. The questionnaires are completed by obstetricians and pediatricians of the municipal health areas and analyzed at the secondary care level. This work examines the factors present in the 133 infant deaths occurring in Havana Province in 1983. The infant mortality rate in the province in 1983 was 14.1/1000 live births, the lowest ever recorded in the province. 74 of the deaths occurred in the early neonatal period, 13 in the late neonatal, and 46 in the postneonatal period. 22 of the early neonatal deaths were due to intrapartum anoxia, 15 to hyaline membrane disease, 10 to prematurity, 7 to bronchoaspiration, 3 to sepsis, 1 to bronchial pneumonia, and 13 to malformations. In the late neonatal and postneonatal periods, 11 deaths were attributed to acute diarrheal disease, 6 to meningitis, and 5 to accidents. 8 of the mothers were under 17 years old, 30 were 18-20, 57 were 21-30, and 16 were 31 or over. Maternal age was unknown for 22. 22 of the mothers were overweight, 29 were malnourished, 55 were of normal nutritional status, and the status of 27 was unknown. 67.7% of the early neonatal deaths were in low birth weight babies. Low educational level and rural residence were social factors in infant mortality.^ieng
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Cause of Death , Data Collection , Educational Status , Infant Mortality , Maternal Age , Mortality , Nutritional Physiological Phenomena , Risk Factors , Socioeconomic Factors , Age Factors , Americas , Biology , Caribbean Region , Cuba , Demography , Developing Countries , Economics , Health , Latin America , North America , Parents , Population , Population Characteristics , Population Dynamics , Research , Sampling Studies , Social ClassABSTRACT
PIP: The importance of providing contraceptive services for women aged 15-49 in the province of Havana, Cuba, is noted. The role of these services in reducing infant mortality in the province since 1959 is considered. (SUMMARY IN ENG AND FRE)^ieng
