title: [Social differences in the prenatal and postnatal mortality: Switzerland 1979-1985].
abstract: The influence of social factors on birthweight and fetal and infant mortality was investigated in the Swiss birth cohort from 1979-85 (N = 519,933). The proportion of newborns with low-birthweight (less than 2500 g) was higher in lower social classes. Stillbirth-rate, neonatal and postneonatal mortality were higher in lower social classes, too. When controlling for birthweight, the increase in mortality in the lower social classes became somewhat less striking. Marked social differences in perinatal mortality were found in the newborns with normal weight, whereas almost no difference could be detected in the low-birthweight-group.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin, Universität Basel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bodenmann
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ackermann-Liebrich
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paccaud
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Spuhler
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D012306:Risk; D012923:Social Class; D012924:Social Conditions; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Soziale Unterschiede in der vor- und nachgeburtlichen Sterblichkeit: Schweiz 1979-1985.