Socioeconomic inequalities in birth outcomes: An 11-year analysis in Colombia

Carol C Guarnizo-Herreño, Gabriel Torres and Giancarlo Buitrago

PLOS ONE, 2021, vol. 16, issue 7, 1-14

Abstract: Objective: To examine socioeconomic inequalities in birth outcomes among infants born between 2008 and 2018 and assessed trends in inequalities during that period in Colombia, a middle-income country with high levels of inequality emerging from a long internal armed conflict. Methods: Using birth certificate data in Colombia, we analysed the outcomes of low birth weight, an Apgar score

Date: 2021
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