In 1980, the ratio of home birth to public hospital perinatal and neonatal mortality rates decreased from Northern to Southern Italy, being inversely related to the proportion of home deliveries and probably reflecting the effect of planned versus unplanned home births. The post neonatal mortality rate in Southern Italy was about four times as high in children born at home (9.5/1,000 live births) than in those delivered in public hospitals (2.6/1,000 live births), probably reflecting differences in the socioeconomic status according to the birthplace selection in various regions
Perinatal and infant mortality rates and place of birth in Italy, 1980 / F. Parazzini, C. La Vecchia. - In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. - ISSN 0090-0036. - 78:6(1988 Jun), pp. 706-707.
Perinatal and infant mortality rates and place of birth in Italy, 1980
F. ParazziniPrimo
;C. La VecchiaUltimo
1988
Abstract
In 1980, the ratio of home birth to public hospital perinatal and neonatal mortality rates decreased from Northern to Southern Italy, being inversely related to the proportion of home deliveries and probably reflecting the effect of planned versus unplanned home births. The post neonatal mortality rate in Southern Italy was about four times as high in children born at home (9.5/1,000 live births) than in those delivered in public hospitals (2.6/1,000 live births), probably reflecting differences in the socioeconomic status according to the birthplace selection in various regionsPubblicazioni consigliate
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