Trends in Infant mortality rate and mortality for neonates born at less than 32 weeks and with very low birth weight Tendencia de la mortalidad infantil y de neonatos menores de 32 semanas y de muy bajo peso Tendência da mortalidade infantil e dos neonatos menores de 32 semanas e de muito baixo peso

• Main Authors: René Mauricio Barría-Pailaquilén (Author), Yessy Mendoza-Maldonado (Author), Yohana Urrutia-Toro (Author), Cristian Castro-Mora (Author), Gema Santander-Manríquez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of the study was to assess the trend of the infant mortality rate between 1990-2004 and the neonatal mortality between 2000-2005 in infants born at less than 32 weeks of gestational age or with very low birth-weight. Based on secondary data, infant mortality rate and by its component for Val...