Mortality in children registered in the Finnish child welfare registry: population based study
2001; BMJ; Volume: 323; Issue: 7306 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1136/bmj.323.7306.207
ISSN0959-8138
AutoresMirjam Kalland, Tiina Pensola, Jouni Meriläinen, Jari Sinkkonen,
Tópico(s)Migration, Health and Trauma
ResumoStudies have shown inverse associations between childhood social class and mortality,1 and others have shown higher mortality in children in care. 2 3 However, to our knowledge, only one study has investigated mortality in children in care with results specific to sex and cause of death.3 Mortality in that study was higher than expected among boys, although mortality related to age at the time of death was not reported.3 In Finland, children are cared for within the child protection system up to the age of 18. Our specific interest lies in whether mortality before age 18 in children in care is higher than expected on the basis of figures for the general population, reflecting failure in the child protection system, or whether mortality is increased from age 18, reflecting difficulties in adapting to independent living. The basic data source was the Finnish …
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