Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, better known as SIDS or crib death, is the leading cause of death in infants less than one year of age. It is many times misconstrued and unrecognizable. In general, the causes of SIDS remain anonymous. There are many different risk factors that contribute to an infant dying from SIDS. The infant’s chance of death rises depending on the race and gender of the infant.
During the 1500’s in Europe, one in every three or four children born died before the age of 15. For such a low life expectancy, there are a few factors that caused this. During the 1500’s, there were many diseases such as the small pox and the Pneumonic Plague, also known as the Black Plague that had
A premature birth is a birth prior to the 37th week of gestation (Childbirth Health, 2014). Up to 13 percent of babies are born premature (Childbirth Health, 2014). In 2009, 8.2 percent of infants were born with low birth weight (Child Health USA, 2011). It would seem like in this era of encouraged availability of healthcare and easily accessible information that these percentages could be quickly decreased. The good news is that low birth weight is preventable.
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In Sandoval county 9.4% of women receive low or no prenatal care, 17.4% of pregnant women of American Indian ethnicity receive low or no prenatal care and 15.4% of women between the ages 15-19 receive low or no prenatal care (Sandoval County Community Health Improvement Plan FY 2011 – 2014, 2010, p. 4). New Mexico ranks #43 in terms of overall child well being as well as #36 for higher than average low birthrate babies. In 2007 Sandoval county was at 8.1% for low birth weight rates, babies born to mothers with low or no prenatal care are three times more likely to be born at a low birth rate(Sandoval County Community Health Improvement Plan FY 2011 – 2014, 2010, p. 7). There are several community accessible non-profit agencies which provide free pregnancy testing and education on obtaining low cost or free pre-natal
The unemployment rate was at about 9.5 percent to 9.7 percent in the beginning of 2010 up until December and then it started to slightly decline. It got down to 8.8 percent but then rose over 9 percent again by May of 2011 and has stayed around that percentage. This may be a sign that jobs are being created and hopefully the unemployment rate will experience another decrease during 2011. The unemployment rates by age showed that the 16-19 age group is having the worst time with unemployment. The unemployment rates for 16-19 year olds has stayed pretty steadily around 25 percent since the beginning of 2010 until the present and has never been below 24.5 percent.
People who inherit one sickle cell gene and one normal gene have sickle cell trait (SCT). People with SCT usually do not have any of the symptoms of sickle cell disease (SCD), but they can pass the trait on to their children. It is inherited from the parents, there is a 50% chance that a child will inherit the trait, but may not have the disease. People with sickle cell disease (SCD) start to have signs of the disease during the first year of life, usually around 5 months of age. Symptoms and complications of SCD are different for each person and can range from mild to severe.
There is a 25% risk of giving birth to an affected child with each pregnancy. The prognosis of a newborn infant that is born with Tay-Sachs disease is poor. Due to the complications of the disease, the average age death will occur is between 4 to 5 years old. The first symptoms usually appear between 3-6 months of age. The most common symptom that appears is a “cherry red” macula in the retina.
32,500 children have been neglected in 2010, and in Ingham County 42 percent of children have been abused or neglected (milhs.org). In Ingham County, 8.5 children of every 1000 are in out of home care, referring to foster homes, etc (milhs.org). Unemployment rates and low income is affecting the youth and children in terrible ways. WLNS.COM reported in an article titled “More Michigan Children living in Poverty” that there are a lot of reasons why neglect and abuse has gone up 92%. Now there are more health professionals available to investigate issues of neglect and abuse and family court in Ingham County has become a strong source of help for
The suicide rate of children between the ages of five and fourteen is eleven times higher than that of twenty-five other countries. Some would say that the United States of America is much too violent. Abuse in America is very bad. An abuser is five times more likely to kill an abused woman if he/she owns a firearm. In addition, in the states with a higher rate of gun ownership, the gun death rate is seven times higher than other states