Ecuadorian infant mortality linked to socioeconomic factors during the last 30 years

Ecuadorian infant mortality linked to socioeconomic factors during the last 30 years

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Abstract Objectives: usc trojans snapback hat to analyze the difference among geographical units and the evolution of infant mortality rate (IMR) based on Ecuadorian censuses (1990-2001-2010).Methods: artificial Neural Network analyzed the impact of sociodemographic factors over the variability of IMR.Poisson regression analyzed the variation of the standardized IMR (sIMR).

Results: the decrease in the national IMR was 63.8%; here however, 42.8% provinces showed an increase in 2001-2010.

The variability was explained mainly by illiteracy decrease.The adjusted RR between provincial sIMR with illiteracy and poverty revealed a trend towards the unit.Conclusions: the variation of IMR reflects a complex interaction of the sociodemographic factors.