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Why are stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates continuing to fall?
Author(s) -
ALBERMAN EVA
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1985.tb01392.x
Subject(s) - neonatal mortality , perinatal mortality , infant mortality , population , medicine , demography , mortality rate , neonatal death , pediatrics , environmental health , pregnancy , fetus , biology , sociology , genetics
Summary. The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys are producing new annual tabulations including one on population birthweight distribution, and birthweight/cause‐specific perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality rates. With these d a t a it will be easier to distinguish between falls in mortality rates due to primary prevention of the causes, and those due to secondary prevention as a result of improved medical technology. Examples are given of the use of such data.