Adolescents give birth to 58% of the children in 2011
Of 118,730 births, 68,960 are children of minors
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SD. More than half of the births registered in the country during the year 2011 are the children of adolescent mothers. According to the information contained in the Statistical Yearbook of Public Health, still undergoing editing for publication, of the 118, 730 births, 68, 960 (58%) were to mothers who were less than 18 years of age.
And there were 31,507 births to mothers who were adults and 18,263 to Haitian mothers. The reports of live births totaled 115,338; stillborn babies numbered 1,847; abortions totaled 24,167, and the babies born underweight were 8,274.
High rate of C-sections
In the chapter on Reproductive Health there were 79,736 normal vaginal deliveries, 47,994 C-sections, which make up 40.4% of the total number of births; and 1,690 births of twins or more.
According to the recommendations of the World Health Organization regarding births, "some of the countries with a lower new-born death rate in the world have less than a 10% rate of C-sections. There is no justification for any country to have more than 10-15%."
Foreigners
In the case of attention to foreign patients (Haitians), in 2011 some 346,494 foreigners received services of consultation and emergency. There were 13,222 vaginal deliveries and 4,746 C-sections, as well as 33.955 hospitalizations. There were 4,093 surgeries and there is a general registry of foreign deaths which numbers 747 from different causes.
Some 328,781 clinical analysis were carried out, 2,583 received blood transfusions and 45,569 received the benefits of vaccinations.
In attention regarding deliveries, C-sections and birth control for foreigners in the Luis Eduardo Aybar Public Hospital there were 682 deliveries of all kinds, the Plaza de la Salud reported 34, and the Our Lady of High Grace Maternity Hospital 3.044. Regarding birth control, the Maternity Hospital registered 3,259, the Plaza de la Salud, 52; the municipal hospital in Mata Hambre 2 and the Luis Eduardo Aybar had none.
In the provinces, the number of births of Haitian children was 13.527, with Santiago leading the way with 2.476.
This is followed by Santo Domingo, with 2.245, La Altagracia, with 1,134, Valverde with 1.125, Elias Piña with 960 and Montecristi with 659.
Regarding the consultations for birth control, the health centers of the province of Santo Domingo are the ones with the greatest numbers at 6.332, followed by Montecristi at 2.948.
In third place appears the province of La Altagracia with 2.698, pre-natal consults, then Valverde with 2,662 and Santiago with 1,365. In none of the cases did the yearbook talk about the cost of all of this.
A curious piece of data is the fact that in the frontier province of Independencia there were 165 Haitian children born, in spite of the fact that there were 901 Haitians receiving pre-natal care, which then confirms the thesis that many of these women go to the major hospitals, above all in Greater Santo Domingo, to give birth.
Dajabon is another sample. From there they reported 289 deliveries in 2011, but there were 831 pre-natal patients. There are also health centers that gave pre-natal care to the foreign women and then they come to term, they are referred to the corresponding second level health center.
In the provinces of Barahona and Pedernales, where the Haitian immigrants are a high percentage of the population, the data registered show that there were 266 deliveries in the first case and 200 in the second.
And there were 31,507 births to mothers who were adults and 18,263 to Haitian mothers. The reports of live births totaled 115,338; stillborn babies numbered 1,847; abortions totaled 24,167, and the babies born underweight were 8,274.
High rate of C-sections
In the chapter on Reproductive Health there were 79,736 normal vaginal deliveries, 47,994 C-sections, which make up 40.4% of the total number of births; and 1,690 births of twins or more.
According to the recommendations of the World Health Organization regarding births, "some of the countries with a lower new-born death rate in the world have less than a 10% rate of C-sections. There is no justification for any country to have more than 10-15%."
Foreigners
In the case of attention to foreign patients (Haitians), in 2011 some 346,494 foreigners received services of consultation and emergency. There were 13,222 vaginal deliveries and 4,746 C-sections, as well as 33.955 hospitalizations. There were 4,093 surgeries and there is a general registry of foreign deaths which numbers 747 from different causes.
Some 328,781 clinical analysis were carried out, 2,583 received blood transfusions and 45,569 received the benefits of vaccinations.
In attention regarding deliveries, C-sections and birth control for foreigners in the Luis Eduardo Aybar Public Hospital there were 682 deliveries of all kinds, the Plaza de la Salud reported 34, and the Our Lady of High Grace Maternity Hospital 3.044. Regarding birth control, the Maternity Hospital registered 3,259, the Plaza de la Salud, 52; the municipal hospital in Mata Hambre 2 and the Luis Eduardo Aybar had none.
In the provinces, the number of births of Haitian children was 13.527, with Santiago leading the way with 2.476.
This is followed by Santo Domingo, with 2.245, La Altagracia, with 1,134, Valverde with 1.125, Elias Piña with 960 and Montecristi with 659.
Regarding the consultations for birth control, the health centers of the province of Santo Domingo are the ones with the greatest numbers at 6.332, followed by Montecristi at 2.948.
In third place appears the province of La Altagracia with 2.698, pre-natal consults, then Valverde with 2,662 and Santiago with 1,365. In none of the cases did the yearbook talk about the cost of all of this.
A curious piece of data is the fact that in the frontier province of Independencia there were 165 Haitian children born, in spite of the fact that there were 901 Haitians receiving pre-natal care, which then confirms the thesis that many of these women go to the major hospitals, above all in Greater Santo Domingo, to give birth.
Dajabon is another sample. From there they reported 289 deliveries in 2011, but there were 831 pre-natal patients. There are also health centers that gave pre-natal care to the foreign women and then they come to term, they are referred to the corresponding second level health center.
In the provinces of Barahona and Pedernales, where the Haitian immigrants are a high percentage of the population, the data registered show that there were 266 deliveries in the first case and 200 in the second.
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