Evaluation of infant deaths during Covid-19 pandemic in Adıyaman, a southeastern province of Turkey

Year 2023, , 1 - 9, 23.04.2023

Erdoğan Öz , Osman Küçükkelepçe , Habip Almış , Mehmet Emin Parlak , Osman Kurt

https://doi.org/10.30569/adiyamansaglik.1210911

Abstract

Aim: Evaluation of infant deaths during the Covid-19 Pandemic period in Adıyaman, a southeastern province of Turkey.
Materials and Methods: All infant mortality files submitted to Adıyaman Provincial Health Directorate Infant Mortality Investigation Commission in 2020 and 2021 were examined.
Results: 109 out of 11.019 live births in Adıyaman in 2020 and 135 of 11.979 live births in 2021 died before their first birthday. While the infant mortality rate was 9.9 per thousand in 2020, in 2021, it increased by 24% to 12.3 per thousand. There was no evidence that the Covid-19 pandemic directly increased infant mortality.
Conclusion: A significant portion of infant deaths are babies of mothers who had risky pregnancies. Therefore, all steps to protect maternal health will be the first and most effective way to reduce infant mortality.

Keywords

Infant Death, Infant mortality causes, Infant mortality rate, Covid-19, Pandemia

Türkiye’nin bir güneydoğu ili Adıyaman’da Covid-19 pandemi sürecinde bebek ölümlerinin değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Türkiye'nin Güneydoğu ili Adıyaman'da Covid-19 Pandemi döneminde bebek ölümlerinin değerlendirilmesi.
Gereç ve Yöntem: 2020 ve 2021 yıllarında Adıyaman İl Sağlık Müdürlüğü Bebek Ölümlerini Araştırma Komisyonuna sunulan tüm bebek ölüm dosyaları incelenmiştir.
Bulgular: 2020 yılında Adıyaman'da 11,019 canlı doğumdan 109'u ve 2021 yılında 11,979 canlı doğumdan 135'i bir yaşını doldurmadan ölmüştür. 2020 yılında bebek ölüm hızı binde 9,9 olurken; 2021'de %24 artarak binde 12,3’e yükselmiştir. Covid-19 pandemisinin bebek ölüm oranını doğrudan arttırdığına dair bir kanıt bulunmamıştır.
Sonuç: Bebek ölümlerinin önemli bir kısmı riskli gebelik geçiren annelerin bebekleridir. Bu sebeple; anne sağlığını korumaya yönelik atılacak tüm adımlar, bebek ölümlerini azaltmanın ilk ve en etkili yolu olacaktır.

Keywords

Bebek Ölümü, Bebek ölüm nedenleri, Bebek ölüm hızı, Covid19, Pandemi

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