Using the Factor Analysis Technique to Study Affecting for Infant Mortality in Elobied City During the Period from (2020-2024)

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the most important factors affecting infant mortality in the city of El Obeid by using the factor analysis technique based on the descriptive statistical and analytical inductive Method. Data were collected through the Census (comprehensive Inclosing) method of the study items from El Obeid Specialized Children's Hospital during the period from (2020 until mid-2024), which included the records of (600) deceased children. The study reached several results, the most prominent of which are: Six factors were extracted, including (13) variables that have an impact on infant mortality at a rate of (55.93%): the demographic factor, the social-biological factor, the health factor, the genetic health factor, the biological factor, and the cultural-economic factor. The study reached several recommendations, the most prominent of which are: The necessity of the state’s interest through its various institutions in the health of mothers and newborns by providing them with the necessary care, the necessity of developing statistics departments in hospitals and automating them through computerized systems, The necessity of intensifying the efforts of researchers interested in infants in more studies related to factors of infant mortality using the factor analysis method, taking into account adding other factors that the study did not address because the results showed that there are factors that affect more than 40% and are not included in the current model of the study.