FOr a long time, the constant decrease in infant mortality was one of the most obvious signs of the progress of French science and society. While in 1945, for every 1,000 living births, more than 50 children died before their first birthday, that figure had fallen to 22 in 1965, then to 10 in 1980, and finally at 3.6 in 2005, marking the lowest point. But, after a period of stagnation, infant mortality in France began to increase again since 2021, reaching 4.1 in 2024 compared to a European average of 3.3 and 2.5 in Sweden (for 1,000 births).
While France led in child survival rates in 1990 in Europe, now finds Islf among the worst. Its infant mortality rate occupies 23RD Among the 27 states of the European Union, between Poland and Bulgaria.
The marked statistics hide the anguish of the 2,700 children (1 in 250) that, in 2024, died before the age of one, with almost three of four dying in their first month. It is certainly not these afflicted families that will sound the alarm on the scandal of this French decline and the deafening silence that surrounds it. As if it were just another shadow on the canvas of contemporary problems, the resurgence of infant mortality has not caused any debate, only although it is a national misfortune.
The promise made in 2022 by the then Prime Minister, Elisabeth, was born to make childhood a “priority of the term of five years” was lost in the reorganization sands and the dissolution of the National Assembly in June 2024. The “first” days of Dayles of the government are immediately flagmented.
Weaknesses in prevention
Surprisingly, although the causes of resurgence on infant mortality have been identified, its respective impact has not been clearly evaluated. In general terms, they are divided into two categories: Organizational, with the continuous operation of small poorly equipped maternity units that suffer from a serious shortage of doctors, midwives and caregivers, and the growing) elbow of the PMI; and social and social, with the increase in late or high -risk risk pregnancies linked to obesity, alcohol consumption, drug use, smoking, poverty and social inequalities, which significantly affect mothers born abroad.
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