Perinatal mortality
The perinatal mortality or perinatal mortality is a ratio that indicates how many stillbirths and deaths were recorded until 7 days after birth per thousand births in a country or region. The first seven days after the birth of a child is called the perinatal period .
Perinatal mortality in a region is an indicator of how good perinatal medicine is there. The quality of medical care in general can also affect perinatal mortality in a region.
statistics
In Germany there were and still are regional differences in perinatal mortality (PS). In the period from 2005 to 2009, Saxony had the lowest perinatal mortality with an average of 453 deaths per 100,000 births and North Rhine-Westphalia had the highest with an average of 612 cases (12% above the national average of 545 cases). There was also an above-average horsepower in Bremen, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. In these countries, contrary to the national development, a slight increase was observed between 2005 and 2009. In Baden-Württemberg, Thuringia and Bavaria, the PS was below average and decreased during this period.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jennie Naidoo, Jane Wills: Textbook of Health Promotion. 1st edition. Conrad Günter, Werbach 2003, ISBN 3-929798-33-6 , p. 55.
- ↑ Health fact check. Regional differences in health care . Bertelsmann Foundation, 2011.