Infant mortality in French Guiana between 2001 and 2017 : Trends and comparisons with mainland France.
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique
; 71(6): 102175, 2023 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
French Guiana is a French overseas territory which combines a well-funded universal health system and a population where half are under the poverty line. In this context, we aimed to measure and describe the causes of infant mortality and, because French Guiana is a French territory, to compare them with mainland France.METHODS:
National death certificate data between 2001 and 2017 was used.RESULTS:
Overall, 6.9 % of deaths before 65 years concerned infants <1 year (in mainland France 2.6%). The infant mortality rate over the 2001-2017 period was 2.6 times that of mainland France (1159.5 vs 446.2 per 100,000 infants <1 year) with excess incidence in perinatal causes, malformations and chromosomal anomalies, accidents, infectious causes, and in poorly defined conditions. Over time, there seemed to be a reduction of infant mortality for all the main causes, except for congenital malformations and chromosomal anomalies, which, on the contrary, seemed to increase. The data sources did not allow to study the weight of social factors or place of residence.CONCLUSIONS:
All causes of infant mortality seemed to decline over time except malformations and chromosomal anomalies, which increased. Although exposure to heavy metals, infectious diseases are potential explanations we cannot pinpoint the cause of this increase with the available data. The present results suggest infant mortality and malformations should benefit from more detailed data sources in order to better assess and alleviate the burden of infant mortality in French Guiana.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Mortalidade Infantil
Limite:
Humans
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Infant
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Caribe ingles
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Europa
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Guyana
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Guyana francesa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article