title: [Infant Mortality in Argentina: reducibility criteria, 3rd review].
abstract: The infant mortality rate is an indicator of quality of life, development, and quality and accessibility of health care. Improvements in science, technology and better access to health care have contributed to a major decrease in the infant mortality rate in Argentina. Since the 1980s, infant deaths have been classified based on the opportunities for reducibility yielded by scientific knowledge and available technologies, in order to obtain a basis for the monitoring and implementation of health policies. The last review of this classification was in 2011. In 2012, a total of 5,541 neonatal deaths (less than 28 days of life) were registered and, under this new classification, over 61% were reducible mainly by the improvement of perinatal health care and adequate and timely treatment of the at-risk newborn. In 2012, a total of 2,686 post-neonatal deaths (from 28 days of life to a year) were registered and, under this new classification, over 66.8% were reducible by improving prevention strategies and providing adequate and timely treatment. This new analysis demonstrates the need to improve the opportunity, accessibility and quality of perinatal care starting at pregnancy, guaranteeing quality care at delivery and reinforcing prevention and timely treatment of common diseases in childhood over the first year of life.
authors.affiliation: Dirección Nacional de Maternidad e Infancia, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación.
authors.forename: Juliana Zoe
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
authors.affiliation: Dirección Nacional de Maternidad e Infancia, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación.
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duhau
authors.affiliation: Dirección Nacional de Maternidad e Infancia, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abeyá Gilardon
authors.affiliation: Hospital De Niños Pedro de Elizalde.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferrario
authors.affiliation: Dirección Nacional de Maternidad e Infancia, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Speranza
authors.affiliation: Dirección Nacional de Maternidad e Infancia, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación.
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Asciutto
authors.affiliation: Dirección Nacional de Maternidad e Infancia, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación.
authors.forename: Élida
authors.initials: É
authors.lastname: Marconi
authors.affiliation: Dirección de Estadísticas e Información de Salud, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guevel
authors.affiliation: Dirección de Estadísticas e Información de Salud, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación.
authors.forename: María de las Mercedes
authors.initials: Mde L
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.affiliation: Dirección de Estadísticas e Información de Salud, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación.
authors.forename: María Laura
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.affiliation: Dirección de Estadísticas e Información de Salud, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación.
authors.forename: Adrián
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.affiliation: Dirección de Estadísticas e Información de Salud, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación.
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Loiacono
authors.affiliation: Dirección Nacional de Maternidad e Infancia, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación.
authors.forename: Celia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lomuto
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends