Clinical causes and classification of perinatal mortality in Lagos.
Perinatal deaths in singleton births at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital during a 5-year period were reviewed. Causes of deaths were classified into eight groups using a modified form of the Aberdeen classification. Perinatal mortality was high (42.5/1000 total births). The stillbirth rate was 32.5/1000 total births. The major causes of perinatal mortality were trauma (30.5%), low birth weight (23.9%), hemorrhage (13.7%), toxemia of pregnancy (10.3%) and mature, cause unknown (10%). Congenital malformation (4.3%) was not a major cause of perinatal deaths in this study.
D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology*; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000145:classification*; D009549:Nigeria; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000145:classification