Abstract

TORO O, Jaime H.  and  ARANGO, Doris C.. Mortality due to malnutrition among children aged five and younger: five years before and after the implementation of the MANA program. Antioquia, 1998-2007. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [online]. 2013, vol.31, n.1, pp.93-101. ISSN 0120-386X.

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the mortality trends among children aged five and younger in the department of Antioquia (Colombia), where deaths are due to or associated with malnutrition. The time period studied was before and after the implementation of the MANA program, from 1998 to 2007.   METHODOLOGY an ecological study was conducted to analyze the mortality trends in children under five in the regions of Antioquia before and after the implementation of the MANA program. Data was analyzed using the Chi Square association and trend test. The Jointpoint regression was applied to analyze the mortality trend, and a factorial analysis was conducted by extracting the principal components.   RESULTS : a decreasing trend in mortality was observed during the time frame of the study. A statistically significant inflexion was observed in the general analysis of the Antioquia department in the year 2000, with an annual variation of -8.30% and a decreasing trend. Analysis revealed the inflexion points for the different regions of Antioquia: the year 2000 for the regions called Valle de Aburrá, Nordeste, Occidente, Oriente, and Suroeste, 2001 for Bajo Cauca, 2005 for Urabá, 2003 for Norte and 2004 for Magdalena Medio.   CONCLUSION: A decreasing trend in mortality due to and associated with malnutrition was observed in each of the Antioquia regions during the time frame studied. This trend started before the implementation of the MANA program.

Keywords : Mortality; malnutrition; Antioquia; MANA program.

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