Infant mortality in Israel during 1950-2000: rates, causes, demographic characteristics and trends

Summary We evaluated the trends and risk factors in infant mortality in Israel over five decades (1950–2000), based on data obtained from the official notifications of live births, and death certificates. Until the 1960s the main cause of infant mortality was infectious disease; this was replaced by...

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Published in:Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology 2005-03, Vol.19 (2), p.145-151
Main Authors: Amitai, Yona, Haklai, Ziona, Tarabeia, Jalal, Green, Manfred S., Rotem, Naama, Fleisher, Eve, Leventhal, Alex
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Arabs
Cause of Death
Christianity
Communicable Diseases - mortality
Congenital Abnormalities - mortality
Educational Status
Female
Humans
Infant Mortality - trends
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Islam
Israel - epidemiology
Israel - ethnology
Jews
Maternal Age
Parity
Pregnancy
Risk Factors
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Summary:Summary We evaluated the trends and risk factors in infant mortality in Israel over five decades (1950–2000), based on data obtained from the official notifications of live births, and death certificates. Until the 1960s the main cause of infant mortality was infectious disease; this was replaced by congenital anomalies in Moslems and Druzes, and preterm birth in Jews and Christians. In 2000, there were 746 infant deaths, and the national infant mortality rate (IMR) was 5.4 per 1000 live births (Jews 3.9; [95% CI 3.5, 4.3]; Moslems 9.2 [8.3, 10.3]; Christians 3.6 [1.4, 5.8]; Druzes 6.3 [3.6, 9.0]). Between 1955 and 2000 the overall IMR declined sevenfold (absolute declines of 56.8, 56.3, 45.0 and 28.3 per 1000 live births, in Moslems, Druzes, Christians and Jews, respectively). The reduction in IMRs between 1990 and 2000 in all religious groups (>45%) exceeded the goal set by the World Summit for Children in 1990 of 33%. In 2000, the main risk factors were birthweight
ISSN:0269-5022
1365-3016
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3016.2005.00636.x