Analysis of selected statistical indicators of the North-Western Federal district in aspect of infant mortality and stillbirths

The paper presents results of some analyzed statistical indicators of infant mortality and stillbirth in the North-Western Federal District of Russia. The following indicators are considered: availability of medical personnel and inpatient beds, morbidity of pregnant women, the number of abortions, as well as some socio-economic indicators. The negative correlation between infant mortality rate in the region and availability of obstetricians-gynecologists, pediatricians, neonatologists was revealed. Stillbirth rates in the region were found to be related to the provision of pregnant pathology beds, to the proportion of these beds in the total number of obstetric beds, to provision of the population with obstetricians and gynecologists. In addition, both factors are equally dependent on such index of work of women's family planning counseling services as the number of abortions per 100 live and stillbirths. A comparative analysis of the pregnant women morbidity, together with the investigated medical care provision in the region, emphasized the effective organization of the child protection and child delivery service activity in the North-Western Federal District, on the one hand. On the other hand, it determined that, in the search for a reserve of reducing fetal and infantile losses in North-Western Federal District, the priority area is a differentiated study of the pregnant women morbidity aimed at developing an appropriate comprehensive prevention program to reduce of the pregnant women morbidity.