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The perinatal morbidity and mortality survey of Jamaica 1986–1987
Author(s) -
Ashley Deanna,
McCawBinns Affette,
FosterWilliams Karen
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.667
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1365-3016
pISSN - 0269-5022
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1988.tb00194.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , perinatal mortality , pediatrics , neonatal mortality , infant mortality , mortality rate , cohort study , obstetrics , demography , pregnancy , population , environmental health , surgery , fetus , pathology , biology , genetics , sociology
Summary. The Jamaican Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality Survey was conducted between September 1986 and August 1987. A total of 10310 consecutive births were identified and mothers interviewed in the first 2 months (main cohort study), 1405 neonatal admissions were evaluated over a 6‐month period (morbidity study), and 1855 perinatal deaths and 73 late neonatal deaths identified over 12 months (mortality study)‐55% of the deaths were given a postmortem examination. The perinatal mortality rate for the cohort study was 38.1 per 1000 births. This was 36.6 percent higher than the 1982 estimate of 27.9/1000 based on deliveries at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, a specialist maternity institution which has at least 13 000 deliveries per annum.