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Clinical causes and classification of perinatal mortality in Lagos
Author(s) -
Abudu O.,
Akinkugbe A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(82)90004-2
Subject(s) - medicine , perinatal mortality , singleton , obstetrics , pediatrics , birth weight , low birth weight , pregnancy , infant mortality , population , gestation , fetus , genetics , environmental health , biology
Perinatal deaths in singleton births at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital during a 5‐year period were reviewed. Causes of deaths were classified into eight groups using a modified form of the Aberdeen classification. Perinatal mortality was high (42.5/1000 total births). The stillbirth rate was 32.5/1000 total births. The major causes of perinatal mortality were trauma (30.5%), low birth weight (23.9%), hemorrhage (13.7%), toxemia of pregnancy (10.3%) and mature, cause unknown (10%). Congenital malformation (4.3%) was not a major cause of perinatal deaths in this study.