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Fertility Rates In The country
Guanacaste Has
Highest Fertility Rates In The country
(InfoWebPress) –The reduction in infant
mortality rates that took place in Costa
Rica 2008 — setting the mark at 8.95 deaths
per each 1,000 births before the age of one
— in unprecedented in the history of the
country since records have been kept. The
new rate represented a drop of 1.10 deaths
per 1,000 births compared to 2007, with 673
infants dying in 2008 out of 75,187 births,
according to data released by the National
Statistics and Census Institute (INEC).
The study indicated that last year, the
province of Limon (Caribbean) had the
highest infant mortality rate in the
country, while Heredia (at 7.56 deaths per
1,000 births) was the province with the
lowest death rate in the country. Cartago,
which in 2007 held the lowest rate in this
category, fell to second in 2008 with 7.64
deaths per 1,000 births.
Meanwhile, the mortality rate of pregnant
mothers in 2008 went back to levels seen in
the 2002-2006 period, reaching 3.33 deaths
per every 1,000 births. While in 2007 14
women died during childbirth, the number
grew to 25 last year — an increase from 1.19
to 3.33 deaths per 1,000 births.
The main causes of pregnant women’s deaths
are circulation system diseases (responsible
for 24 percent of the fatalities), while
other illnesses that complicated pregnancies
and labor were blamed for 16 percent of the
deaths.
In the case of neonatal fatalities — those
occurring during the first 28 days after
birth — they represented 73.1 percent of all
infant deaths in 2008, that is, 6.54 deaths
per 1,000 births, which is also lower by
0.69 deaths than in 2007.
The INEC report also provided data on
fertility rates for 2008, which have
stabilized at around two children per woman.
For the five-year period of 2003-2007, rates
went from 2.1 children to 1.97 children at
the end of that period.
Despite the low fertility rates seen
globally in the country, the numbers vary
considerably from province to province.
Guanacaste now has the highest fertility
rate, with 2.79 children per each woman,
while San Jose exhibited a rate lower than
the national average, with only 1.73
children per each woman.
Life expectancy numbers were also released
as part of this report, and Costa Rica was
again fared very well in this key health and
quality of life indicator, with a life
expectancy at birth of 79.2 years — similar
to, and sometimes higher than, that of
developed nations.
The historical gap in life expectancy
between men and women is still present in
Costa Rica, with 76.7 years and 81.7 years,
respectively.
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