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The perinatal morbidity and mortality survey of Jamaica 1986-1987

The Jamaican Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality Survey was conducted between September 1986 and August 1987. A total of 10310 consecutive birth were identified and mothers interviewed in the first 2 months (main cohort study), 1405 neonatal admissions were evaluated over a 6-month period (morbidity study)...

Area variation in perinatal mortality in Jamaica: association with type of hospital services available

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...

Maternal mortality in Jamaica: health care provision and causes of death

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...

Maternal mortality in Jamaica: socioeconomic factors

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...

Marcos referenciais para estudos e investigaçöes em mortalidade materna
Remarks for research on maternal mortality

Rev. saúde pública; 22 (6), 1988
Foram abordados alguns aspectos relacionados à mortalidade materna como importante problema de saúde pública, e destacados outros que devem ser levados em conta quando se estuda a mortalidade materna por meio de coeficientes, tais como: o pequeno número de casos, mesmo quando a taxa é alta; fidedign...

Perspectivas de la salud materna y neonatal en Portugal
Perspectives of maternal and perineatal health in Portugal

Salud pública Méx; 30 (5), 1988
En este trabajo se identifican las causas remotas y recientes de morbilidad y mortalidad materna e infantil y se hace un análisis de los principales problemas de esta área de la salud en Portugal. En seguida se presentan algunas alternativas para la solución de las dificultades y se concl uye que con ...

Mortalidad materna: revisión de los años Hospital Escuela-Tegucigalpa
Maternal mortality: 2 year's review at the Hospital Escuela, Tegucigalpa

Rev. méd. hondur; 56 (2), 1988
Se presenta la revision que en forma retrospectiva se hizo de todos los casos de muerte materna ocurridos en el Departamento de Ginecología y Obstetricia del Hospital Escuela de Tegucigalpa, Honduras, del 1§ de julio de 1983 al 30 de junio de 1985. Hubo 28,541 nacidos vivos y 25 muertes maternas, lo qu...