Neonatal Mortality Rate and Causes of Death in Sukabumi District, West Java Province

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10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.049How to use a DOI?

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neonatal mortality rate, cause of neonatal death, Sukabumi District

Abstract

United Nations member agreed on a new framework, namely the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), one of the SDG’s goal is to reduce neonatal deaths to 12 deaths per 1,000 births. The most common causes of neonatal deaths according to WHO are prematurity, asphyxia, and infection. Neonatal mortality rate in Indonesia is still quite high compared to Southeast Asian countries. Neonatal mortality rates in Indonesia was recorded 14 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2017, 17 deaths per 1,000 births in Java. In 2015, the number of neonatal deaths in Sukabumi District was still quite high in West Java. This study aims to determine the mortality rate and causes of neonatal deaths in Sukabumi District in 2013-2017. This research is a descriptive study and the subject was neonatal mortality data obtained from the Health Office of Sukabumi District, West Java. The results of the study in Sukabumi District, West Java showed that the neonatal mortality rate in 2013 was around 7.8 per 1,000 births, around 6.3 per 1,000 births in 2014, 5.3 per 1,000 births in 2015, 5.5 per 1,000 births in 2016, and around 4.3 per 1,000 births in 2017. The most common causes of neonatal death in 2013 to 2017 was asphyxia with an average of 29,8%, Low Birth Weight (LBW) 25,8%, congenital anomaly 12,8%, infection 4%, tetanus neonatorum 2%, and other diseases 25,6%. The neonatal mortality rate in Sukabumi District has decreased every year, this is in accordance with the SDG’s goals, and the diagnosis of causes of neonatal deaths in Sukabumi District has not fully following the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th revision (ICD-10).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Elly Noer Rochmah
AU  - Maria Ulfah
AU  - Wahyu Harihardjaja
AU  - Laila Azra Pratesya
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/07/24
TI  - Neonatal Mortality Rate and Causes of Death in Sukabumi District, West Java Province
BT  - Proceedings of the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Medical Faculty, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, International Symposium on "Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response during COVID 19 Pandemic" (ASMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 208
EP  - 212
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.049
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.049
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