Collection Occupational hygiene, Issue 27, 1991 year
Perinatal mortality and mortality of children under one year of age among female workers in a number of agricultural and industrial industries
Yu. I. Kundiev, V. N. Chusova
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Kiev Research Institute of Occupational Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
According to the WHO (1976) and a number of researchers in our country (L. Ya.Blushtein et al., 1981; Ya.P. Solsky, 1981; E.V. Golubeva et al., 1986), in the late 70s - early In the 1980s, perinatal mortality was 10.5-50% 0. As the results of the study have shown, the frequency of perinatal mortality largely depends on the nature and conditions of work, life, environment in which the woman lived and worked before and during pregnancy. In each individual case, it is very difficult to establish the cause of death of the fetus and the newborn. GI Gerasimovich and co-authors (1981) showed that in 14.3% of cases the cause of death remains unclear. In such cases, a retrospective epidemiological study helps to identify the causes of death, which makes it possible to assess the health and situation in which the woman was before and during pregnancy.
The aim of this work is to study the frequency of miscarriage, perinatal mortality and mortality of children under one year of age in women who worked in a number of agricultural and industrial industries.
Observations have shown that perinatal mortality among women performing agricultural work is higher than among women workers in a number of industrial enterprises. The highest perinatal mortality was observed in livestock breeders working in conditions of increased bacterial population. In the structure of perinatal mortality in women working in contact with lead, intrauterine fetal mortality prevails. Livestock breeders are more likely to report deaths of newborns in the early neonatal period as a result of infectious diseases.
Over the past 20 years, in all professional groups, there has been an increase in the number of cases of miscarriage (spontaneous abortion, premature birth). The rate of miscarriage in livestock breeders working in unfavorable conditions (increased bacterial contamination) is significantly higher than in women of other professions living in the same area.