Title |
A retrospective follow up study on maternal age and infant mortality in two Sicilian districts
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, October 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-11-817 |
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Authors |
Walter Mazzucco, Rosanna Cusimano, Maurizio Macaluso, Claudio La Scola, Giovanna Fiumanò, Salvatore Scondotto, Achille Cernigliaro, Giovanni Corsello, Giuseppe La Torre, Francesco Vitale |
Abstract |
Infant mortality rate (IMR) is a key public health indicator. Maternal age is a well-known determinant of pregnancy and delivery complications and of infant morbidity and mortality. In Italy the Infant Mortality Rate was 3.7/1000 during 2005, lower than the average IMR for the European Union (4.94/1000). Sicily is the Italian region with the highest IMR, 5/1000, and neonatal mortality rate (NMR), 3.8/1000, with substantial variation among its nine districts. The present study compared a high IMR/NMR district (Messina) with a low IMR/NMR district (Palermo) during the period 2004-2006 to evaluate potential determinants of the IMRs' differences between the two districts and specifically the impact of maternal age. |
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