Social inequalities in perinatal and infant mortality in the northern region of Belgium (the Flanders)

Background: The study was intended to analyse the independent effect of some facets of the socio-economic status of both parents on perinatal, neonatal and post-neonatal mortality in the northern region of Belgium (the Flanders). Method: Perinatal data collected by the Study Centre for Perinatal Epidemiology were linked with socio-economic data collected by the district council. Mothers aged ≥25 years are included in the study. Results: 50796 births were analysed. 452 infants died either before birth or during the first year of life. 52% of the foeto-infantile mortality occurred before birth a... Mehr ...