title: Perinatal mortality in the Greater Harare Obstetric Unit area.
abstract: There were 1,563 known perinatal deaths among 45,343 births during 1983 in the Greater Harare Obstetric Unit area. The perinatal mortality rate was 34.5/1,000 for infants weighing greater than or equal to 500 g, and 26.9/1,000 for infants weighing greater than or equal to 1,000 g. The perinatal mortality rate for booked patients was 20.9/1,000 for infants weighing greater than or equal to 1,000 g. All the perinatal deaths were analysed. Immaturity was the leading known cause of perinatal death, accounting for 19.3% of the cases. Areas requiring further study to establish preventable factors in perinatal deaths are highlighted.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D015030:Zimbabwe