Bae Young-Min, Bae Chong-Woo
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kyunghee University Hospital, 1 Hoiki-dong, Dongdamun-gu, Seoul 130-702, Korea.
J Korean Med Sci. 2004 Feb;19(1):27-31. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2004.19.1.27.
Total 36 reports on the mortality rates (MRs) of low birth weight infants (LBWI) and very LBWI (VLBWI) in Korea from the 1967 through 2001 were analyzed. We compared the changes in the MR by 5 and 10-yr interval. The MRs observed by 5-yr intervals from the early 1960s through the 1990s have drastically decreased. The MRs of LBWI are as follows: 23.1% and 23.6% in the 1960s, 17.3% and 16.8% in the 1970s, 14.1% and 14.4% in the 1980s, and 8.1% in the early 1990s. The MRs of VLBWI have also fallen and were reported as follows: 68.2% and 63.7% in the 1960s, 55.8% and 57.6% in the 1970s, 56.2% and 48.1% in the 1980s, 33.5% and 24.5% in the 1990s, and 11.7% in the early 2000s. In every 10-yr period, the MRs of LBWI have decreased from 23.4% in 1960, to 17.0% in 1970, to 14.2% in 1980, and to 8.1% in 1990. The MRs of VLBWI also have decreased from 66.2% in 1960, to 56.7% in 1970, to 50.8% in 1980, to 32.9% in 1990, and to 11.7% in 2000. The MR of LBWI and VLBWI has gone down remarkably due to improvements in neonatology in Korea as shown above.
分析了1967年至2001年韩国低出生体重婴儿(LBWI)和极低出生体重婴儿(VLBWI)死亡率(MR)的36份报告。我们比较了死亡率每5年和10年间隔的变化。从20世纪60年代初到90年代,每5年观察到的死亡率大幅下降。LBWI的死亡率如下:20世纪60年代为23.1%和23.6%,20世纪70年代为17.3%和16.8%,20世纪80年代为14.1%和14.4%,20世纪90年代初为8.1%。VLBWI的死亡率也有所下降,报告如下:20世纪60年代为68.2%和63.7%,20世纪70年代为55.8%和57.6%,20世纪80年代为56.2%和48.1%,20世纪90年代为33.5%和24.5%,21世纪初为11.7%。在每10年期间,LBWI的死亡率从1960年的23.4%下降到1970年的17.0%,再到1980年的14.2%,最后到1990年的8.1%。VLBWI的死亡率也从1960年的66.2%下降到1970年的56.7%,再到1980年的50.8%,然后到1990年的32.9%,最后到2000年的11.7%。如上所示,由于韩国新生儿学的进步,LBWI和VLBWI的死亡率显著下降。