Desigualdad en mortalidad infantil entre las comunas de la provincia de Santiago

Background: Social and economical inequalities have an adverse effect on infant mortality. Aim: To test if the poorest communities of Santiago have the highest rates of infant mortalilty. Material and methods: Variables were obtained from the year 2000 Vital Statistics yearbook and the National Soci...

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Autor principal:	Donoso S,Enrique
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2004
Materias:	Income Infant mortality Poverty areas
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720040004000082004-12-13Desigualdad en mortalidad infantil entre las comunas de la provincia de SantiagoDonoso S,Enrique Income Infant mortality Poverty areas Background: Social and economical inequalities have an adverse effect on infant mortality. Aim: To test if the poorest communities of Santiago have the highest rates of infant mortalilty. Material and methods: Variables were obtained from the year 2000 Vital Statistics yearbook and the National Socioeconomic Characterization inquiry. Infant mortality was correlated with the mean income of households, the population below the threshold of poverty and the unemployed population of the 32 municipalities of the Santiago Province. The ratio and the difference in mortality rates between the communities with the higher and lower incomes and the attributable population risk for infant mortality in the Province of Santiago was calculated. Results: Infant mortality was positively correlated with the population below the threshold of poverty (r=0.383; p=0.03) and the unemployed population (r=0.437; p=0.012) and inversely correlated with the mean household income (r=-0.522; p=0.002). Infant mortality in the poorest community was 2.2 times higher than in the richest one. The difference in rates was 6.6/1000 live births. The attributable population risk determined that it is possible to reduce infant death by 57.8%. Conclusions: In the Province of Santiago, the poorest communities have the highest infant mortality (Rev Méd Chile 2004; 132: 461-6)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.132 n.4 20042004-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872004000400008es10.4067/S0034-98872004000400008
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language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Income Infant mortality Poverty areas
spellingShingle	Income Infant mortality Poverty areas Donoso S,Enrique Desigualdad en mortalidad infantil entre las comunas de la provincia de Santiago
description	Background: Social and economical inequalities have an adverse effect on infant mortality. Aim: To test if the poorest communities of Santiago have the highest rates of infant mortalilty. Material and methods: Variables were obtained from the year 2000 Vital Statistics yearbook and the National Socioeconomic Characterization inquiry. Infant mortality was correlated with the mean income of households, the population below the threshold of poverty and the unemployed population of the 32 municipalities of the Santiago Province. The ratio and the difference in mortality rates between the communities with the higher and lower incomes and the attributable population risk for infant mortality in the Province of Santiago was calculated. Results: Infant mortality was positively correlated with the population below the threshold of poverty (r=0.383; p=0.03) and the unemployed population (r=0.437; p=0.012) and inversely correlated with the mean household income (r=-0.522; p=0.002). Infant mortality in the poorest community was 2.2 times higher than in the richest one. The difference in rates was 6.6/1000 live births. The attributable population risk determined that it is possible to reduce infant death by 57.8%. Conclusions: In the Province of Santiago, the poorest communities have the highest infant mortality (Rev Méd Chile 2004; 132: 461-6)
author	Donoso S,Enrique
author_facet	Donoso S,Enrique
author_sort	Donoso S,Enrique
title	Desigualdad en mortalidad infantil entre las comunas de la provincia de Santiago
title_short	Desigualdad en mortalidad infantil entre las comunas de la provincia de Santiago
title_full	Desigualdad en mortalidad infantil entre las comunas de la provincia de Santiago
title_fullStr	Desigualdad en mortalidad infantil entre las comunas de la provincia de Santiago
title_full_unstemmed	Desigualdad en mortalidad infantil entre las comunas de la provincia de Santiago
title_sort	desigualdad en mortalidad infantil entre las comunas de la provincia de santiago
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2004
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Desigualdad en mortalidad infantil entre las comunas de la provincia de Santiago

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