وفيات الأطفال الرضع في منطقة الرياض بالمملكة العربية السعودية : دراسة في جغرافية السكان

Abstract EN

The study aims to track changes of the infant mortality rates in the Riyadh Administrative Region during the period (2004-2017), and their spatial variation and reveal its causes, in addition to identifying the factors affecting them, and foreseeing its future image.

It used several methods, such as descriptive, analytical, and historical methods.

It also relied on several ways, the most important of which are: statistical and cartographic ones, in addition to the field study, where a questionnaire was designed and distributed to families who had one or more children who died in ministry of health hospitals in Riyadh Area, the correct percentage was 97% .

The study concluded several results, the most important of which are:
-The trend of the infant mortality rates in Riyadh Area was decreasing.

- Newborn diseases are the causes of the infant mortality in Riyadh Area with more than two-thirds of the sample size, the most important of which are genetic diseases, accounting for 27.8% of the total causes.

-The decline in the infant mortality rates is expected to continue to reach about 8 per thousand in 2027, and then continue to decline until approaching 4 per thousand in 2037.

The study suggested some recommendations, the most important of which are:
- Fair distribution of health services in the Riyadh Area, and providing them with female doctors.

- Encouraging females to complete university studies, and educating them of the dangers of consanguineous marriage without a medical examination.

- Activating laws that criminalize underage girl's marriage, while raising the awareness of older women about the dangers of childbearing at this age