Perinatal morbimortality
Quiroga Cantú, M.; García, R.; Reyes de los Santos, E.A.
Boletin Medico del Hospital Infantil de Mexico 36(5): 871-884
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0539-6115 PMID: 465189 Document Number: 145441
The article reports figures of perinatal morbimortality gathered in a large metropolitan hospital in Mexico between 1972 and 1975. Of 106,771 births, 98.34% were live births, 1.65% were stillbirths, 7.23% were preterm births, 0.35% were immature babies, and 92.41% were births at full term. Morbidity rate was 262.06/1000, and perinatal mortality was 32.24/1000. Major causes of morbidity were, in order of decreasing importance, prematurity and low birth weight, respiratory pathology, jaundice, several types of infection, obstetrical traumas, and congenital malformations. Neonatal mortality accounted for 14.70/1000 live births, and of these, 22.9% were immature products, 50.2% premature, and 26.9% were full term babies. 62.50% of total number of deaths occurred within 24 hours of life, and 37.50% after 24 hours of life. Compared to other industrialized countries these infant mortality rates are still very high; they are, however, a great improvement over mortality rates in Mexico as measured a few years ago.