Babies with major malformations were identified during the Jamaica Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality Survey. They were in 96 (8.6 por ciento ) of 1112 perinatal and neonatal deaths coming to necropsy and in 25 (2.35 por ciento ) of 1085 other deaths. The central nervous system was not most commonly affec...
Two cases of amnion rupture sequence resulting in grossly malformed stillborn infants are described. One baby had marked craniofacial defects while another had a combination of craniofacial, abdominal wall and limb abnormalities. These are the first such cases to be reported in the English-speaking Carib...
Information was collected on 2,197 stillbirths and neonatal deaths on the island of Jamaica during a 12 month period September 1986 to August 1987 as part of the population based nationwide Jamaican Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality Survey. There were 14 cases of anencephalus giving an incidence of 0.26 ...
Information was collected on all stillbirths and neonatal deaths on the island of Jamaica during the 12 month period September 1986 to August 1987. There were 33 such deaths with anencephaly, spina bifida and hydrocephalus out of an estimated population of 54,400 total births. There was a statistically s...
Information on the area of maternal residence of 1856 singleton perinatal deaths occurring during a 12 month period (September 1986 - August 1987) were compared with those of 9933 singleton births born during a two month period (September-October 1986) and surviving the first week of life (The Jamaican P...
Information on the signs and symptoms of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy was collected for over 10,000 pregnant women as part of the Jamaican Perinatal Study. The women in the study comprised all those living in Jamaica who delivered singletons weighing more than 1000g after 27 weeks gestation du...
Data on over 10,000 pregnant women from the Jamaican Perinatal Survey have been used to determine the combinations of blood pressures, proteinuria or oedema that are best at predicting poor pregnancy outcome (eclampsia, perinatal mortality, low birthweight and fetal growth retardation). The combination t...
During the Jamaian Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity Survey, details of 62 maternal deaths occurring in the 12 month period September 1987 to August 1988 were compared with a control population of 95 por ciento of all births on the island in September and October 1987. The incidence (11.5 per 10,000 live...
Socioeconomic factors relating to all maternal deaths identified during the 12 months of the Jamaican Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality Survey were compared with a control population of over 10,000 women. The maternal mortality rate was 11.5 per 10,000 livebirths. Initial analyses showed (a) a negative t...
Focuses on health care in Jamaica and ways of financing it. Looks at the macro-economic performance of the public health sector with the Ministry of Health receiving increased dollar support. Argues that despite severe difficulties, government has maintained its commitment to health. Discusses the public...
