Hospital perinatal record in Zamora and Leon in the years 1993. 1. Epidemiological study

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to informatize the neonatal clinical history, of the 3.510 newborns during 1993 in two hospitals from Castilla-León, in Zamora and León. We analyze prospectively the epidemologic data. It obtains the next mortality rates: neonatal 4.55/1.000. and perinatal 7.97/1.000. The males were the 53.16%, and on the other hand the prematurity and postmaturity percentage was 6.51% and 3.95% respectively, with an 6.69% of newborns with weight less than 2500 grs. A quarter of the newborns had neonatal morbidity. The cesarean percentage was a 12%.