Table 3.
Fetal and neonatal deaths due to congenital anomalies by maternal sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics, Colombia, 1999–2008.
| Characteristics | Category | Live births (n = 7,216,727) | Fetal deaths (n = 213,293) | Fetal deaths due to congenital anomalies n = 7321) | % of fetal deaths due to congenital anomalies | Fetal mortality rate due to congenital anomalies (per 10,000 live births and fetal deaths) | Neonatal deaths due to congenital anomalies n = 15,040) | % of neonatal deaths due to congenital anomalies | Neonatal mortality rate due to congenital anomalies (per 10,000 live births) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables with denominators to compute rates by characteristic | |||||||||
| Sex | Female | 3,508,344 | 37,624 | 2290 | 31.3 | 6.5 | 6595 | 43.8 | 18.8 |
| Male | 3,708,383 | 50,672 | 2623 | 35.8 | 7.0 | 8426 | 56.0 | 22.7 | |
| Undetermined | 0 | 124,997 | 2408 | 32.9 | 192.6 | 19 | 0.1 | Undefined | |
| Residence | Urban | 6,809,539 | 197,076 | 5095 | 69.6 | 7.3 | 11,506 | 76.5 | 16.9 |
| Villages | 166,190 | 3169 | 586 | 8.0 | 34.6 | 902 | 6.0 | 54.3 | |
| Rural | 206,682 | 8943 | 1201 | 16.4 | 55.7 | 1865 | 12.4 | 90.2 | |
| Missing information | 34,316 | 4105 | 439 | 6.0 | 114.3 | 767 | 5.1 | 223.5 | |
| Mother's age | Less than 19 years | 1,620,437 | 40,956 | 1398 | 19.1 | 8.4 | 2798 | 18.6 | 17.3 |
| 20–34 years | 4,787,540 | 122,632 | 3968 | 54.2 | 8.1 | 8287 | 55.1 | 17.3 | |
| More than 35 years | 746,361 | 32,578 | 1223 | 16.7 | 15.7 | 1955 | 13.0 | 26.2 | |
| Missing information | 62,389 | 17,127 | 732 | 10.0 | 92.1 | 2000 | 13.3 | 320.6 | |
| Birth weight | <1000g | 21,137 | 45,369 | 1369 | 18.7 | 205.8 | 948 | 6.3 | 448.5 |
| 1000–1499 g | 46,463 | 8538 | 835 | 11.4 | 151.8 | 1384 | 9.2 | 297.9 | |
| 1500–2499 g | 502,061 | 16,994 | 1530 | 20.9 | 29.5 | 4677 | 31.1 | 93.2 | |
| 2500–3999 g | 6,104,671 | 19,192 | 988 | 13.5 | 1.6 | 6572 | 43.7 | 10.8 | |
| ≥4000 g | 329,750 | 1348 | 95 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 376 | 2.5 | 11.4 | |
| Missing information | 212,645 | 121,852 | 2504 | 34.2 | 74.9 | 1083 | 7.2 | 50.9 | |
| Gestational week | Less than 22 | 486 | 100,585 | 1728 | 23.6 | 171.0 | 75 | 0.5 | 1543.2 |
| Between 22 and 27 | 22,359 | 21,706 | 1112 | 15.2 | 252.4 | 857 | 5.6 | 383.3 | |
| More than 28 | 6,921,303 | 65,790 | 3639 | 49.7 | 5.2 | 12,920 | 85.9 | 18.7 | |
| Missing information | 272,579 | 11,142 | 842 | 11.5 | 29.7 | 1188 | 7.9 | 43.6 | |
| Variables without denominators to compute rates by characteristic | |||||||||
| Mother's educational level | Without | NA | NA | 220 | 3.0 | NA | 391 | 2.6 | NA |
| Primary | NA | NA | 2167 | 29.6 | NA | 3670 | 24.4 | NA | |
| Secondary | NA | NA | 3111 | 42.5 | NA | 5309 | 35.3 | NA | |
| Superior | NA | NA | 820 | 11.2 | NA | 1639 | 10.9 | NA | |
| Missing information | NA | NA | 1003 | 13.7 | NA | 4031 | 26.8 | NA | |
| Number of children alive | 1 | NA | NA | 1823 | 24.9 | NA | 5204 | 34.7 | NA |
| 2–4 | NA | NA | 2181 | 29.7 | NA | 7219 | 48.0 | NA | |
| More than 5 | NA | NA | 2255 | 30.8 | NA | 1324 | 8.8 | NA | |
| Missing information | NA | NA | 1062 | 14.5 | NA | 1293 | 8.6 | NA | |
| Health insurance | Private | NA | NA | 2123 | 29.0 | NA | 4828 | 32.1 | NA |
| Public | NA | NA | 2540 | 34.7 | NA | 5008 | 33.3 | NA | |
| None | NA | NA | 1567 | 21.4 | NA | 3008 | 20.0 | NA | |
| Other | NA | NA | 447 | 6.1 | NA | 1113 | 7.4 | NA | |
| Missing information | NA | NA | 644 | 8.8 | NA | 1083 | 7.2 | NA | |
| Civil status | Single | NA | NA | 1464 | 20.0 | NA | 2015 | 13.4 | NA |
| Previously in a relationship/separated | NA | NA | 81 | 1.1 | NA | 165 | 1.1 | NA | |
| In a relationship | NA | NA | 5190 | 70.9 | NA | 10,017 | 66.5 | NA | |
| Missing information | NA | NA | 586 | 8.0 | NA | 2843 | 18.9 | NA | |