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Potentially avoidable perinatal deaths in Denmark, Sweden and Lithuania as classified by the Nordic‐Baltic classification
Author(s) -
LanghoffRoos Jens,
Larsen Steen,
Basys Vytautas,
Lindmark Gunilla,
Badokynote Migle
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb09973.x
Subject(s) - danish , lithuanian , baltic sea , geography , geology , linguistics , philosophy , oceanography
Objectives To analyse which subgroups of perinatal deaths contribute most to the perinatal mortality rate in Lithuania compared with Denmar/Sweden. Design Comparison of all perinatal deaths in Denmark/Sweden 1991 and Lithuania 1993–1994 by the common Nordic‐Baltic perinatal death classification, based on information from the medical records. Results The doubled perinatal mortality in Lithuania compared with Denmark/sweden is mainly explained by a threefold increase of intrapartum and two‐ to fivefold increase in neonatal deaths of nonmalformed infants. The higher rate of malformed infants is partly explained by a four times higher mortality from neural tube defects. Conclusions The use of a common perinatal death classification has identified categories mainly responsible for the higher rate of perinatal mortality, but further investigation of potentially avoidable factors requires further study.