El aborto eugenésico podría explicar la menor mortalidad infantil existente en Cuba comparada con la de Chile

Background: Cuba and Chile have the lower infant mortality rates of Latin America. Infant mortality rate in Cuba is similar to that of developed countries. Chilean infant mortality rate is slightly higher than that of Cuba. Aim: To investigate if the lower infant mortality rate in Cuba, compared to...

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Autores principales:	Donoso S,Enrique, Carvajal C,Jorge A
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2012
Materias:	Abortion legal Abortion eugenic Congenital abnormalities Cuba Chile Infant mortality Public Health
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720120008000052012-12-18El aborto eugenésico podría explicar la menor mortalidad infantil existente en Cuba comparada con la de ChileDonoso S,EnriqueCarvajal C,Jorge A Abortion legal Abortion eugenic Congenital abnormalities Cuba Chile Infant mortality Public Health Background: Cuba and Chile have the lower infant mortality rates of Latin America. Infant mortality rate in Cuba is similar to that of developed countries. Chilean infant mortality rate is slightly higher than that of Cuba. Aim: To investigate if the lower infant mortality rate in Cuba, compared to Chile, could be explained by eugenic abortion, considering that abortion is legal in Cuba but not in Chile. Material and Methods: We compared total and congenital abnormalities related infant mortality in Cuba and Chile during 2008, based on vital statistics of both countries. Results: In 2008, infant mortality rates in Chile were significantly higher than those of Cuba (7.8 vs. 4.7per 1,000 live born respectively, odds ratio (OR) 1.67; 95% confidence intervals (Cl) 1.52-1.83). Congenital abnormalities accounted for 33.8 and 19.2% of infant deaths in Chile and Cuba, respectively. Discarding infant deaths related to congenital abnormalities, infant mortality rate continued to be higher in Chile than in Cuba (5.19 vs. 3.82 per 1000 live born respectively, OR 1.36; 95%CI 1.221.52). Conclusions: Considering that antenatal diagnosis is widely available in both countries, but abortion is legal in Cuba but not in Chile, we conclude that eugenic abortion may partially explain the lower infant mortality rate observed in Cuba compared to that observed in Chile.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.140 n.8 20122012-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872012000800005es10.4067/S0034-98872012000800005
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spellingShingle	Abortion legal Abortion eugenic Congenital abnormalities Cuba Chile Infant mortality Public Health Donoso S,Enrique Carvajal C,Jorge A El aborto eugenésico podría explicar la menor mortalidad infantil existente en Cuba comparada con la de Chile
description	Background: Cuba and Chile have the lower infant mortality rates of Latin America. Infant mortality rate in Cuba is similar to that of developed countries. Chilean infant mortality rate is slightly higher than that of Cuba. Aim: To investigate if the lower infant mortality rate in Cuba, compared to Chile, could be explained by eugenic abortion, considering that abortion is legal in Cuba but not in Chile. Material and Methods: We compared total and congenital abnormalities related infant mortality in Cuba and Chile during 2008, based on vital statistics of both countries. Results: In 2008, infant mortality rates in Chile were significantly higher than those of Cuba (7.8 vs. 4.7per 1,000 live born respectively, odds ratio (OR) 1.67; 95% confidence intervals (Cl) 1.52-1.83). Congenital abnormalities accounted for 33.8 and 19.2% of infant deaths in Chile and Cuba, respectively. Discarding infant deaths related to congenital abnormalities, infant mortality rate continued to be higher in Chile than in Cuba (5.19 vs. 3.82 per 1000 live born respectively, OR 1.36; 95%CI 1.221.52). Conclusions: Considering that antenatal diagnosis is widely available in both countries, but abortion is legal in Cuba but not in Chile, we conclude that eugenic abortion may partially explain the lower infant mortality rate observed in Cuba compared to that observed in Chile.
author	Donoso S,Enrique Carvajal C,Jorge A
author_facet	Donoso S,Enrique Carvajal C,Jorge A
author_sort	Donoso S,Enrique
title	El aborto eugenésico podría explicar la menor mortalidad infantil existente en Cuba comparada con la de Chile
title_short	El aborto eugenésico podría explicar la menor mortalidad infantil existente en Cuba comparada con la de Chile
title_full	El aborto eugenésico podría explicar la menor mortalidad infantil existente en Cuba comparada con la de Chile
title_fullStr	El aborto eugenésico podría explicar la menor mortalidad infantil existente en Cuba comparada con la de Chile
title_full_unstemmed	El aborto eugenésico podría explicar la menor mortalidad infantil existente en Cuba comparada con la de Chile
title_sort	el aborto eugenésico podría explicar la menor mortalidad infantil existente en cuba comparada con la de chile
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2012
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El aborto eugenésico podría explicar la menor mortalidad infantil existente en Cuba comparada con la de Chile

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