[Methodological aspects of the evaluation of epidemiological safety in maternity hospitals].

The distribution of morbidity and mortality in newborns, as well as morbidity of parturient women, in maternity hospitals of Moscow official have been analyzed according to statistical data for 1996-1999. The methods of cluster analysis (k-medium and tree classification by the method of the next door neighbours) were used. The evaluation of the stability of the distribution of morbidity and mortality in maternity hospitals was made with the use of chi 2 criterion. The specific features of the distribution of morbidity and mortality of newborns, as well as morbidity of parturient women, in the hospitals under study were detected. The methodological approach to the evaluation of epidemiological safety in maternity hospitals was proposed.