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A medical geography of perinatal mortality in Metropolitan Cape Town.
S Afr Med J. 1986 Sep 27; 70(7):399-403.SA

Abstract

An infant's weight at birth as well as its socio-economic environment are recognized as constituting two of the major risk factors associated with perinatal mortality. Spatial analyses of birth weight, socio-economic status and perinatal mortality in Metropolitan Cape Town for the year 1982 are presented in an attempt to assess the relationship between these variables at the suburb (or community) level. Variations in perinatal mortality for each suburb were found to be highly correlated with variations in the distribution of low birth weights. Overall, it would appear that the geography of the interrelationship between low birth weight and perinatal mortality tends, in part, to mirror long-standing gradients in socio-economic status--particularly for those coloured communities which show high perinatal death rates. To what extent these variations are associated with available antenatal and infant health care services can only be postulated. Points for possible community intervention are suggested.

Authors

Rip MR
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Keen CS
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Kibel MA
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MeSH

Black or African AmericanBirth WeightBlack PeopleFemaleFetal DeathHumansInfant MortalityInfant, NewbornPregnancySocioeconomic FactorsSouth AfricaSuburban PopulationWhite People

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

3764610

Citation

Rip, M R., et al. "A Medical Geography of Perinatal Mortality in Metropolitan Cape Town." South African Medical Journal = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde, vol. 70, no. 7, 1986, pp. 399-403.
Rip MR, Keen CS, Kibel MA. A medical geography of perinatal mortality in Metropolitan Cape Town. S Afr Med J. 1986;70(7):399-403.
Rip, M. R., Keen, C. S., & Kibel, M. A. (1986). A medical geography of perinatal mortality in Metropolitan Cape Town. South African Medical Journal = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde, 70(7), 399-403.
Rip MR, Keen CS, Kibel MA. A Medical Geography of Perinatal Mortality in Metropolitan Cape Town. S Afr Med J. 1986 Sep 27;70(7):399-403. PubMed PMID: 3764610.
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