Open AccessPerinatal mortality and differing socioeconomic status
Author(s) -
Lindgren Lennart
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348109154104
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , population , demography , perinatal mortality , infant mortality , environmental health , pregnancy , fetus , sociology , biology , genetics
During the last decade the area served by the Public Maternity Hospital was significantly altered on some occations. The perinatal mortality increased after the alteration of the district and the socioeconomic structure of the population was changed. The socioeconomic structure of the population has been defined and expressed as a socio‐economic factor. The obstetric care was mainly carried out without alteration. The object of the investigation was to determine if the exchange itself or the change in the socio‐economic situation of the population of the district was a cause of the increased perinatal mortality.