Perinatal mortality and its determinants in less developed rural area

  Objective   To use daily records of local family planning practice and assess the perinatal mortality and its determinants in a less developed rual area.

  Methods   The data of pregnancy related daily records provided by township family planing service stations were anlaysed.

  Results   The perinatal mortality rate(PNMR)and stillbirth rate(SBR)in studied area were 69 and 24 per 1 000 births, respectively, and the early neonatal mortality rate(ENMR)was 46 per 1 000 live births.The male and female ENMR were 29 and 69 kper thousand live biths, respectively.The PNMR was associated with parity and townksipo economic level.

  Conclusion   The PNMR in the studied county was higher than that in rural areas reported earlier.The results by parity and infant sex reflected the impact of the local economy and existing family planning policy on perinatal health.