Temporal and spatial pattern of infant mortality in Germany after unification [Dynamika vývoje kojenecké úmrtnosti ve spojeném Německu]
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Temporal and spatial pattern of infant mortality in Germany after unification [Dynamika vývoje kojenecké úmrtnosti ve spojeném Německu]
Original language description
OBJECTIVES: After unification in 1990 the two parts of Germany underwent a complex process that has led to convergence of infant mortality. The pattern of change did, however, differ in east and west. This study investigates whether these differences conceal a complex pattern of heterogeneity at the regional level. METHODS: Examination of routine data on infant, neonatal and postneonatal mortality. Time trends in the 16 federal states of Germany (Lander) from 1991 to 1997 were studied using a log-linearmodel. RESULTS: In 1991, infant mortality was higher in almost all eastern Lander than in the west. By 1997, this east-west gap had disappeared. Over this period, infant mortality fell in all Lander but one. The decline was steepest in the east, rangingfrom 31% to 52%. Improvements were largely due to steep declines in both neonatal and postneonatal mortality. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that, at the time of unification, there was an almost complete demarcation between east and west,
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
FQ - Public health system, social medicine
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/NO6160" target="_blank" >NO6160: Priorities for further development of the Czech health system.</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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Publication year
2001
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Sozial- und Praventivmedizin/ Medicine Sociale et Preventive
ISSN
0303-8408
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Volume of the periodical
46
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
303
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