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[Incidence of preterm births in the IMSS (2007-2012)]
Insights
Premature birth rates in Mexico between 2007-2012 were 7.7%, with higher incidence in high-specialty units. Strategies for prevention and perinatal care are crucial for reducing infant mortality and improving quality of life.
Area of Science:
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Neonatal Health
- Public Health Policy
Context:
- Premature birth poses significant financial and health burdens, including potential disabilities.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) reports premature birth rates ranging from 5% to 18%, necessitating reduction efforts.
- This study examines premature birth trends within the Mexican Institute of Social Insurance (IMSS) healthcare system.
Purpose:
- To analyze the incidence of premature births in Mexican Institute of Social Insurance (IMSS) hospitals.
- To compare premature birth rates between second and third-level care facilities.
- To understand the epidemiological behavior of preterm delivery from 2007 to 2012.
Summary:
- A descriptive, retrospective study analyzed 3,135,755 live births between 2007 and 2012.
- Overall, 7.7% of births were premature.
- Third-level care facilities (Medical Units of Alta Especialidad - UMAES) reported a significantly higher premature birth rate (13.7%) compared to second-level facilities (6.8%).
Impact:
- Findings highlight disparities in premature birth rates across different healthcare levels.
- Emphasizes the need for targeted prevention and perinatal care strategies.
- Recommendations include enhanced adolescent contraception counseling, birth spacing, and timely genitourinary infection management.
Background:
The birth of a premature child implies an expense raised for the families and the systems of health for the possibilities of visual, auditory disability and problems of learning. The rate of premature births, according to the WHO, goes from 5 to 18 %, for what it was found that it will have to diminish.
Objective:
Knows the behavior of the incident of the childbirth pretérmino in the Mexican Institute of the Social Insurance (IMSS) during the period 2007-2012 in the hospitals of the second and third level of attention ginecoobstétrica.
Material And Method:
Descriptive and retrospective study in which there was analyzed the existing information of the cases brought of birth pretérmino in the IMSS (2007-2012). Proved: the total of births was of born 3,135,755 alive, of this 7.7 % they were pretérmino in all the conditions of the Republic, which on having differed with the second level of attention existed 188,715 (6.8%) born pretérmino and the third level of attention (Medical Units of Alta Especialidad, UMAES) with 51,635 (13.7%) born pretérmino (p < 0.05).
Results:
The total of births was of born 3,135,755 alive, of this 7.7% they were pretérmino in all the conditions of the Republic, which on having differed with the second level of attention existed 188,715 (6.8%) born pretérmino and the third level of attention (Medical Units of Alta Especialidad, UMAES) with 51,635 (13.7%) born pretérmino (p < 0.05).
Conclusions:
The strategies to approach the problem of the prematurez are the prevention of the childbirth and the care perinatal to diminish the mortality of the baby and to increase his quality of life for what it is necessary to reinforce the contraceptive Council in the teenagers, to spread the births, as well as the detection and treatment of the infections genitourinarias.