TITLE:
Infant mortality rate in Al-Ramadi province from 2000 through 2010, retrospective study
AUTHORS:
Hammodi F. Aljumaily, Muhammed M. Al-Ani, Muhammed M. Hantush
KEYWORDS:
Mortality; Rate; Birth; Death Certificate
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.5 No.2,
February
28,
2013
ABSTRACT:
Objectives: To determine the IMR in Al-Ramadi province,
the center of Al-Anbar Governorate, Western Iraq, from 2000-2010 with rate comparison of the three different stages of that period. Methods: Data collected
from the birth and death certificate center in Al-Ramadi province, Western
Iraq, included; name, age, sex, residence, date of birth and death, in three
different stages (the first stage 2000-2002, the second stage 2003-2007, and
the third stage 2008-2010) in a study period from July to December, 2010. The
IMRs were analyzed and compared with other studies. Results: The IMR of the
last 3 years of sanction was 54.3/1000, 55.7/1000 and 50.6/1000 respectively,
this rate had been increased in the war and violence period to reach its
maximum rate 58.6/1000 in 2006, then decreased to reach its minimum rate
44.5/1000 in 2008. Approximately two-third of deaths occurred during the
neonatal period and one third in the post neonatal period. Males had higher IMR
than females, and rural residence higher than urban. Conclusion: Infant
mortality rate is still high in Al-Ramadi province, since the American invasion
(2003-2007), when compared with other developing countries. This study found
increase of IMR in Al-Ramadi province during that period more than other
studied years.