Current health inequality targets include the goal of reducing the differential in infant mortality between social groups. This article reports on a multivariate analysis of risk factors for infant mortality, with specific focus on deprivation and socio-economic status. Data on all singleton live births in England and Wales in 2005-06 were used, and deprivation quintile (Carstairs index) was as...

r ^ HERE are, of course, problems in the interpretation of all historical mortalities, but those surrounding maternal mortality show some unusual and rather complicated features, and they illustrate some interesting points concerning what one might call the "mechanics" of death registration in the past. For the most part, I deal here with the Registrar General's statistics for England and Wales...

MethodsUsing time series data of national level (1967 to 2012 years), we explored the association between total fertility rate, GDP per capita, number of physician per 1000 populations, female labor force participation rate, percentage of people living in rural regions and mean years schooling for each people with infant mortality rate of Iran. These data were obtained from Central Bank of Isla...

BACKGROUND Multi-foetal pregnancies and multiple births including twins and higher order multiples births such as triplets and quadruplets are high-risk pregnancy and birth. These high-risk groups contribute to the higher rate of childhood mortality especially during early period of life. METHODS We examined the relationship between multiple births and infant mortality using univariable and m...

OBJECTIVES To assess the effect that infant to staff ratios, in the first three days of life, have on the survival to hospital discharge of very low birthweight infants (<1500 g), having adjusted for initial risk and unit workload. DESIGN In a retrospective analysis of a cohort of patients, the number of infants per nurse per shift were averaged for the first three days after admission and re...

j lelp themselves towards a better state of life ti0^esPec^ of better food, general living condithir>S ai^C^ unproved sanitation, all of which in r*15 automatically bring about a reduction 11 disease incidence. Drpne -?^ most important branches of of L?ntlve medicine is that devoted to the care birtife exPectant mother, which results in the this1 a sponger infant. But to be effective afto ^ust ...

KEY FINDINGS Data from the Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set and Preliminary Mortality Data File, National Vital Statistics System. The U.S. infant mortality rate did not decline from 2000 to 2005. Data from the preliminary mortality file suggest a 2% decline in the infant mortality rate from 2005 to 2006. The U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than those in most other developed countries, a...

Infant mortality continues to be a major public health issue in the United States. Although some preventive strategies for neonatal mortality are emerging for congenital malformations, notably neural tube defects, the prevention of preterm deliveries among disadvantaged populations remains elusive, suggesting the need for different approaches to women's health needs. Despite the lack of success...

this paper presents estimates of infant and child mortality in the rural and urban areas of iran for 1989. data are from a one percent sample of the urban and rural population. the study makes use of data on the number of children born alive and children surviving, classified by age of the mother. based on these data estimates of infant and child mortality for the urban and the rural areas have...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is uncommon in infancy and its presentation can mimic some common childhood illnesses. The spontaneity of the young infant, inherent communication difficulties, insulin treatment eating pattern poses major technical, medical psychological challenges. Training family to care for infant also challenging all. We present a case 10-month old po...