出版社：Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, Gujarat
摘要：Background: Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is one of the most sensitive indicators of health & one of the indicators for Millennium Development Goal on child survival. It is affected quickly & directly by the health programmes owing to its peculiar set of diseases & conditions. Objectives: To study the profile, causes, trend of infant mortality and correlate them with various variables. Methodology: It was a secondary data analysis conducted at Rural Health Training Centre, Jetalpur of AMC MET Medical College. Data were collected by studying the 'Infant death report forms' from the year 2008 to 2011. The variables of the format were entered in the Microsoft Excel and data was analysed. Results: Total 65 infant deaths were reported during the study period.Infant mortality rates for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 were 25, 20.8 and 24.5per 1000 live births respectively. Ratio of neonatal to post neonatal deaths was 4.3:1. Male: Female was 1.7:1. In about 4.9% deaths, place of delivery was home. In 80.3% of deaths delivery was full term while 19.7% were preterm. Caesarean section delivery was in 14.8%. Mean birth weight of the babies was 2.43 kg. Proportion of low birth weight babies was 49.05%. Most common cause of death was infection in about 24.5%. Other causes found were congenital abnormality, prematurity, foetal distress, asphyxia etc. Conclusion: Though the target of IMR has been achieved, the high proportion of deaths during neonatal period points towards need to have better services during intranatal and neonatal period. Problem of LBW also requires to be taken care of
