During 2021, fetal deaths increased 1.6% compared to a previous year, data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) indicated.
According to what is stated by the Fetal Death Statistics (EDF), compiled by this body, 23,000 fetal deaths were registered last year, while in 2020, the figure stood at 22,637 cases, that is, 363 fewer cases.
The Inegi highlighted that the figures for 2021 give a national rate of 6.7 stillbirths per 10,000 women of childbearing age.
While 83.5% (19,217) of the cases occurred before delivery, 15.3% (3,510) during delivery, and in 1.2% (273) of the cases it was not specified.
It should be noted that, together, the Ministry of Health (11,439 cases) and the Mexican Institute of Social Security (4,550) were the health institutions where the most fetal deaths occurred, with 69.5% of care. For their part, private medical units treated 15% of these cases.
Meanwhile, the effects on the fetus due to maternal factors and complications of pregnancy, labor and delivery itself were the main causes of fetal death with 46.0%, followed by other disorders originating in the perinatal period with 27.1 percent .
By federal entity, Guanajuato (9.2), Aguascalientes (9.1) and the State of Mexico (8.7), presented the highest death rates.
On the other hand, the lowest rates were registered in Sinaloa (3.5), Oaxaca (3.7) and Quintana Roo (3.8).
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