SOSIO EKONOMIC FACTORS OF INFANT DEATH AT MUNTIGUNUNG COUNTY, KARANGASEM REGENCY, BALI

Abstract

Background:Muntigunung is a dried country at Karangasem regency with higher number of poor people and infant death rate among other county at Karangasem regency. Therefore, it necessary to identified the socio economic factors of infant death at Muntigunung.

Method : The methodology of this research is qualitatif (descriptive explorative) , family who has infant death in last five year is as a case. All data  (birth, infant death, education, job, earning of family and geographic) are collecting by interviewing and observing the subjects.  This interviewing will be recorded and make the transcripst. The transcripst of interview was analysed by qualitative method of base on the contents of socio economic factors of infant death.

Result : The result from 8 cases of infant death was from 5 families, 6 deaths was birth death, one death was when he/she 2 days and 1 when was 2 months. The cause of death was asfixsia ?? or infection and death before they got medicationwhose familiess have low socio economic status.

Conclussion: Socio economic factors of the family  with low education of the parents, low income of the family are as one of infant death factor.

Keyword: Socio economi, education, income, infant death and