title: Births and perinatal deaths in Mitchell's Plain.
abstract: All births and perinatal deaths from Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town, during the first 8 months of 1985 were analysed. Out of a total of 4,228 liveborn infants 66.4% were delivered by the Peninsula Maternity and Neonatal Service (PMNS), while the remaining 33.6% were born to private patients. There was an overall preterm rate of 11.0%, while 13.8% of infants had a birth weight of less than 2,500 g. Only 16.1% of mothers booked early. The perinatal mortality rate was 22.2/1,000 and the stillbirth rate 12.6/1,000. The stillbirth rate for private patients was more than 6 times lower than that for their PMNS counterparts (2.8 v. 17.5/1,000).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D001723:Birth Rate; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013019:South Africa; D014505:Urban Population