title: Perinatal mortality in rural Tanzania.
abstract: In 1987, as part of the World Health Organization's Inter-Health Programme, we carried out a noncommunicable diseases survey in six rural villages in Tanzania. Each women completed a questionnaire, part of which was concerned with obstetric history, and underwent a physical examination. Our findings of unacceptably high perinatal mortality and abortion rates are described below.
authors.affiliation: National Noncommunicable Diseases Programme Manager in the Ministry of Health, Tanzania.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitange
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Swai
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Masuki
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kilima
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Alberti
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: McLarty
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011247:Pregnancy; D013636:Tanzania / Q000453:epidemiology