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Semashko Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow

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Child’s birth health in 1991 and in 1997 (%)

Characteristics 1991 1997 Note
Child was born      
- healthy 85.0 82.7  
- prematured 7.0 6.5 Public Health Ministry’s data : 1991 - 5,5% 1995 - 6,1%
- with injury in partu 4.5 4.5 Public Health Ministry’s data : 1992 - 1,6% 1996 - 2,1%
- in the asphixy 3.5 3.8  
- with congenital anomalies 0.9 1.5 WHO’s data : 0,7 - 1,3 %
- other 0.2 3.6  
Birth weight      
- less than 2500 g 6.9 5.2 Public Health Ministry’s data : 1991-95 - 5,7 - 6,2 %
- 2500 - 3999 g 83.9 85.2  
- 4000 g and more 9.2 9.6  

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