ANALYSIS OF FACTORS CAUSING INFANT DEATH

Abstract

Judging from the last five years, the incidence of infant mortality in Padang City tends to increase every year. Case reports show that the causes of infant deaths in Padang City in 2018 included LBW, asphyxia, congenital abnormalities, sepsis, diarrhea, pneumonia and other causes. Furthermore, based on reports, the causes of neonatal deaths in Padang City in 2021 include LBW, asphyxia, neonatal tetanus, sepsis, congenital abnormalities, and others. Data from case reports of infant deaths in Padang City in 2022, the highest cases occurred in the Ambacang health center work area. The aim of this research is to determine the factors that cause infant deaths in the working area of ​​the Ambacang Health Center, Padang City in 2022. This research is a qualitative research using in-depth interviews with the parents of babies and related officers. The population of this study was the incidence of infant deaths in the working area of ​​the Ambacang Community Health Center, Padang City in 2022, namely 11 cases of infant deaths, of which 3 were cases of deaths of triplets. The results of the research show that the factors causing infant deaths in the Ambacang Health Center working area in 2022 are serotinus, LBW, prematurity and primigravida, pre-eclampsia, labor with prolonged labor, asphyxia, congenital abnormalities (in this case leaky gut), transverse position of the baby and forced to give birth the normal way, premature rupture of membranes, and there is fluid in the baby's lungs