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Infant mortality in Central Europe: effects of transition
Gaceta Sanitaria 2006;20(1): 63-66
ZATOÑSKI W, MIKUCKA M, LA VECCHIA C, BOYLE P
Gaceta Sanitaria 2006;20(1): 63-66
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> Pagina nueva 1</title> <FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" SIZE=2>Objective: To address the issue of infant mortality as an important health indicator, we systematically analyzed trends in infant mortality in five central and eastern European (CEE) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia). <FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" SIZE=2>Methods: Infant mortality rates (per 1,000 live births) and trends were computed using the World Health Organization database, as well as selected European databases. <FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" SIZE=2>Results: In 1990, mortality rates in most CEE countries were appreciably higher than the mean European Union value of 9.2/1,000 (up to 14.8/1,000 in Hungary and 19.4/1,000 in Poland). However, between 1990 and 2001, infant mortality decreased
substantially in all CEE countries, and in 2001 the rates in the Czech Republic (4.0/1,000) and Slovenia (4.3/1,000) were lower than the EU average of 4.6/1,000. <FONT FACE="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" SIZE=2>Discussion: Infant mortality is an important indicator of the improvements in health observed in CEE countries over the last decade.
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