2024-01-04 00:19:29
At the end of 2023, Artemisa has the second best infant mortality rate in the country, preceded by Pinar del Río.
Eight fewer deaths than the previous year, lowered this indicator from 25 to 17 and gave Artemisa a 3.9 per thousand live births, which placed it in this seat and lowered it three positions compared to 2022.
According to statements by Doctor Marlon Borrero Pacheco, head of the Maternal and Child Care Program (PAMI) in the province, the main causes of death are prematurity and low birth weight. “There were also deaths due to late diagnosis of delayed intrauterine growth (CIUR), although they were few.
“In total, 4,277 babies were born during 2023 – 354 less than in 2022 – which made us oscillate between 330 and 340 births per month. The municipalities with the highest number of births were Artemisa and San Cristóbal; and Alquízar was where the fewest babies were born.
“Meanwhile, Candelaria and Guanajay, for the second consecutive year, stand out with their PAMI indicators, maintaining the infant mortality rate at zero; “an achievement that Alquízar and Güira de Melena joined for the first time,” reported Borrero Pacheco.
Meanwhile, Yanelis Amador Borrego, provincial director of Public Health, expressed on her Facebook profile her satisfaction with the careful work carried out by the sector at the different levels of care “it is not about how much we do but about how much love we put into what we do.” we do,” stated the board.
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