Abstract

VALDES HERNANDEZ, Javier; REYES PABLO, Aldelmo Eloy; NAVARRETE HERNANDEZ, Eduardo  and  CANUN SERRANO, Sonia. Low birth weight and congenital defects in connection with mine sites and agricultural fields in Sonora, Mexico. 2008-2012 prevalence. Región y sociedad [online]. 2017, vol.29, n.spe5, pp.9-36. ISSN 2448-4849.  https://doi.org/10.22198/rys.2017.0.a290.

There is evidence of environmental contamination due to mines and agricultural fields in Sonora, Mexico. Objective: to spatially study the prevalence of birth defects (bd), neural tube defects (NTD) and low birth weight (LBW) in municipalities in connection with metal mining sites and irrigation districts. Material and methods: databases of birth and stillbirth from 2008 to 2012 were used. Rates of national, state, municipal and local prevalence were estimated. Georeferenced information of the country and, in addition, states cities, rivers, irrigation districts, metal mines and hydrological sub-basins of Sonora was used. Results: prevalences are associated spatially with places where economic activities and environmental pollution problems are concentrated. Conclusions: results suggest the likely influence of environmental pollution in the prevalence of bd, ntd and lbw across the state.

Keywords : congenital defects; neural tube defects; low birth weight; environmental pollution; Sonora’s hydrological sub-basins; Sonora River; sonoran irrigation districts.

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