Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

Inequalities in perinatal mortality rates among immigrant and native population in Spain, 2005-2008 (Article)

Barona-Vilar C.* , López-Maside A. , Bosch-Sánchez S. , Pérez-Panadés J. , Melchor-Alós I. , Mas-Pons R. , Zurriaga O.
  • a Direcció General d'Investigació i Salut Pública, Conselleria de Sanitat, Avda Catalunya, 21, 46020 Valencia, Spain, Centre for Public Health Research (CSISP), Valencia, Spain, Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health, CIBERESP, Valencia, Spain
  • b Direcció General d'Investigació i Salut Pública, Conselleria de Sanitat, Avda Catalunya, 21, 46020 Valencia, Spain
  • c Direcció General d'Investigació i Salut Pública, Conselleria de Sanitat, Avda Catalunya, 21, 46020 Valencia, Spain
  • d Direcció General d'Investigació i Salut Pública, Conselleria de Sanitat, Avda Catalunya, 21, 46020 Valencia, Spain
  • e Direcció General d'Investigació i Salut Pública, Conselleria de Sanitat, Avda Catalunya, 21, 46020 Valencia, Spain, Centre for Public Health Research (CSISP), Valencia, Spain, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
  • f Direcció General d'Investigació i Salut Pública, Conselleria de Sanitat, Avda Catalunya, 21, 46020 Valencia, Spain, Centre for Public Health Research (CSISP), Valencia, Spain
  • g Direcció General d'Investigació i Salut Pública, Conselleria de Sanitat, Avda Catalunya, 21, 46020 Valencia, Spain, Centre for Public Health Research (CSISP), Valencia, Spain, Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health, CIBERESP, Valencia, Spain

Abstract

We compared perinatal mortality rates (PMRs) and the risk from certain causes among immigrant and native population in the Valencian Community (Spain). Using data from the Perinatal Mortality Registry, crude and age standardized mortality ratios were obtained in the different groups of mothers. Mortality rate ratios were calculated to compare the causes of death resulting from prematurity, congenital anomalies, infectious diseases and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome between Spanish and foreign women. PMRs were higher among all the immigrant groups compared with the native population, with a statistical significance in Eastern European and sub-Saharan mothers. Neonatal mortality rates in North African and Latin American mothers were similar to those of native women. Babies of immigrant mothers were at a significant higher risk of dying from late infectious diseases and from causes resulting from being premature. More research is needed on the risk factors which contribute to generating differences in our setting. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

inequalities pregnancy outcomes perinatal mortality Cause of death Immigration

Index Keywords

Registries perinatal mortality register human epidemiology trends comparative study ethnology Cross-Sectional Studies cross-sectional study migrant Humans Infant, Newborn Emigrants and Immigrants Spain female risk factor Risk Factors newborn pregnancy cause of death
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84895022064&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-012-9730-3&partnerID=40&md5=00b985c0ac740457d6f04cf64ea1d7ce
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9730-3
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English