Infant mortality and its leading causes in Sichuan province,from 2001 to 2009
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2011.03.016
- VernacularTitle:四川省2001-2009年婴儿死亡率变化趋势及死因分析
- Author:
Fang-Yin WU
1
;
Ying-Jia JIANG
;
Jing CAO
;
Jing-Tao LIU
;
Qing XIONG
Author Information
1. 四川省妇幼保健院
- Keywords:
Infant;
Mortality;
Cause of death
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2011;32(3):271-273
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the trend of infant mortality and the leading cause of the deaths in Sichuan province from 2001 to 2009.Methods Data presented in this report was obtained from the child mortality surveillance network with target population as children under 5 years of age.Rates on infant mortality,neonatal mortality and indirect estimation of infant mortality were calculated.Results The neonatal mortality rate and infant mortality rate in Sichuan dropped from 18.6,25.5 in 2001 to 7.6,12.1 per 1000 live birth in 2009,with rates of decline as 59.1% and 35.0%,from 2001 to 2009.In urban areas of Sichuan,the neonatal and infant mortality rates dropped from 4.7,7.5 in 2001 to 3.7 and 6.5 per 1000 live birth in 2009,with the rates of decline as 22.3% and 13.1%.In the rural areas of Sichuan,the neonatal and infant mortality rates dropped from 25.2 and 34.0 in 2001 to 9.6,14.3 per 1000 live birth in 2009,with rates of decline as 62.0%,57.9% from 2001to 2009.Conclusion In both urban and rural areas,the neonatal and infant mortality rates had decreased drastically from 2001 to 2009,due to the decrease of avoidable deaths as pneumonia and diarrhea in infants.
