born in hospitals in England at Weekends have a significantly greater probability to die than those born during the working days, researchers say.
A study on more than 1.3 million births showed that. Britain recorded generally a little more than 7 infant deaths per 1,000 births during the Weekends. The remaining days of the week that the number not exceed of 6.5 deaths per 1,000 births.
The scientific team of the Imperial College London, who conducted the survey, said that if all the days were the same percentage of deaths with the Third one, which has the lowest, there would be 770 fewer deaths per year. Britain.
It is also added that while the death rate is generally low. Britain, the difference between Weekend and working days is important and raises the need for research on standards of care for the Weekend.
The study, which was published in the authoritative scientific journal British Medical Journal, looked at the number of deaths stillbirths or deaths within 7 days of the birth in a hospital in the period 2010 – 2012.
Scientists took into account risk factors such as deprivation and the age of the mother, together with the fact that the planned c-sections, which pose a lower risk of death, usually taking place during the week.
Overall, in M. Britain there is an average of 4,500 deaths a year from 675.000 births. The infection rates for mothers and injuries in babies (just cuts up and brain damage) was also highest on the Weekends.
Those who are born on these days of the week die prematurely!
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