Infant mortality in Costa Rica : explaining the recent decline

dc.creatorRosero Bixby, Luis
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-22T13:18:23Z
dc.date.available2025-05-22T13:18:23Z
dc.date.issued1986
dc.description.abstractCosta Rica has undergone a dramatic reduction in its infant mortality rate from 68 per 1,000 live births in 1970 to 20 per 1,000 in 1980. In the present study, changes during this century, mortality differentials, and causes of death are analyzed, and multiple regression techniques are used to identify the determinants of the decline in Costa Rica's 79 cantons (counties). Although socioeconomic development and greatly reduced fertility contributed to the infant mortality decline, as much as three-fourths of the decline is attributable to public health programs implemented during the 1970s. The extension of primary health care—especially rural and community programs—seems to be responsible for 40 percent of the reduction. In addition, health services produced a notable decrease in the socioeconomic differentials related to children's risk of death. The unique achievements o f this developing country offer a new strategy for public health improvement.en-CR
dc.description.pages1-10
dc.identifier.issn0039-3665
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.sibdi.ucr.ac.cr/handle/123456789/24653
dc.language.isoenen_CR
dc.publisherStudies in Family Planning, Vol. 17, no. 2
dc.subjectMORTALIDAD INFANTILes_CR
dc.subjectBAJA DE LA MORTALIDADes_CR
dc.subjectCOSTA RICAes_CR
dc.titleInfant mortality in Costa Rica : explaining the recent declinees_CR
dc.typeArticle

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