Open AccessSpectrum of Preterm Birth in Tertiary Care Hospital in Shimla District of Himachal Pradesh
Author(s) -
Kiran Azad,
Deepak Sharma,
Arvind Sood
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of research and review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2454-2237
pISSN - 2349-9788
DOI - 10.52403/ijrr.20220216
Subject(s) - medicine , premature birth , birth rate , demography , pediatrics , obstetrics , gestational age , pregnancy , population , research methodology , environmental health , biology , genetics , sociology
Background: Globally, Prematurity or preterm birth is the leading cause of death in under the age of 5 years but this has been often overlooked and neglected problem. The present study aimed to study the trends of preterm birth in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh, India.Methods: Retrospective review of records of Kamla Nehru Hospital, Shimla covering the period January 2016 to December 2020 was conducted. The total number of preterm birth were retrieved.Results: A total of 34769 live birth took place in Kamla Nehru Hospital, Shimla from 2016 to 2020. Among the total live births, 5654(16.26%) were premature birth (<37 weeks) while 29115(83.74%) were term birth. There was continuous decline in premature birth from 32.24% in 2016 to 17.41% in 2017and 10.84% in 2018, slightly rose to 10.87% in 2019 and 11.75% in 2020.Conclusions: The study concluded that over a period of 5 years there was continuous decrease in premature birth and now it reached almost near to the global average of preterm birth.Keywords: Trends, Preterm birth, Kamla Nehru Hospital, Shimla.