Socioeconomic inequalities in birth outcomes: An 11-year analysis in Colombia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine socioeconomic inequalities in birth outcomes among infants born between 2008 and 2018 and assessed trends in inequalities during that period in Colombia, a middle-income country with high levels of inequality emerging from a long internal armed conflict.

Methods

Using birth certificate data in Colombia, we analysed the outcomes of low birth weight, an Apgar score <7 at 5 minutes after birth and the number of prenatal visits among full-term pregnancies. Maternal education and health insurance schemes were used as socioeconomic position (SEP) indicators. Inequalities were estimated using the prevalence/mean of the outcomes across categories of the SEP indicators and calculating the relative and slope indices of inequality (RII and SII, respectively).

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SUBMITTER: Guarnizo-Herreno CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8321228 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature