MIAMI, United States. — The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported an infant mortality rate of 7.5 per thousand live births in 2022, a higher figure than in 2021, but far from the best records on the Island.
The Directorate of Medical Records and Statistics of that state body indicates that during the past year 95,402 live births were recorded on the Island, 3,694 less than the previous year.
Although the figure was below the results expected by the authorities, there were 39 fewer deaths than the previous year, when the infant mortality rate was 7.6 per thousand live births.
Ten Cuban provinces were below the national average: Cienfuegos (4.3), Holguín (4.5), Sancti Spíritus (4.7), Matanzas (5.0), Artemisa (5.4), Pinar del Río (5.9), Ciego de Ávila (6.2), Granma (6.6), Las Tunas (7.0) and Villa Clara (7.3).
The worst numbers were registered in Camagüey (9.1), Havana (9.5), Guantanamo (9.7), Santiago de Cuba (9.9) and Mayabeque (12.2).
Only 21 municipalities in the country did not register deaths of children under one year of age: Mantua, Minas de Matahambre and San Luis, in Pinar del Río; Guanajay and Candelaria, in Artemisa; Melena del Sur and Quivicán, in Mayabeque; Perico, Pedro Betancourt and Unión de Reyes, in Matanzas; Corralillo, in Villa Clara; Lajas and Cruces, in Cienfuegos; Yaguajay and La Sierpe, in Sancti Spíritus; First of January, in Ciego de Ávila; Jimaguayú and Najasa; in Camaguey; Cueto, in Holguin; and Media Luna and Cauto Cristo, in Granma.
The MINSAP indicated that among the main causes of infant mortality in children under one year of age were perinatal conditions, mainly related to low birth weight, prematurity and intrauterine growth retardation, in addition to congenital malformations and sepsis.
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