title: The perinatal morbidity and mortality survey of Jamaica 1986-1987.
abstract: The Jamaican Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality Survey was conducted between September 1986 and August 1987. A total of 10,310 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.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ashley
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McCaw-Binns
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Foster-Williams
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007563:Jamaica; D011247:Pregnancy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires