Inequality in Peruvian neonatal mortality generated by poverty and education, 2011-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to analyze inequality in the neonatal mortality rate (NMR) between departments in Peru, generated by poverty and education, in the years 2011 and 2019.

Materials and methods

Ecological study based on the analysis of social inequalities in health, recommended by the World Health Organization. The health indicator was the NMR. Poverty, measured as the existence of at least one unmet basic need per department, and education, average years of study of women of childbearing age per department, were selected to stratify equity. We calculated the absolute inequality gap (AG), the relative inequality gap (RG) and the health concentration index (HCI).

Results

A higher NMR was found in departments with greater poverty and less education. In the NMR ge

SUBMITTER: Avila Vargas-Machuca JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11397582 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature