Perinatal mortality in urban slums in Lucknow.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the perinatal mortality rate (PNMR) in the urban slums of Lucknow


METHODS
Cross-sectional survey.


METHODS
Twenty five Anganwadi centres of urban Lucknow, with a population of 25,901.


METHODS
Data was collected on birth and early neonatal deaths, gestational age of the neonate (determined at birth) and maternal variables like socio-economic status, maternal age, parity, and bad obstetrical history from January 1992 to March 1993.


RESULTS
There were 966 births with a still-birth rate of 37.2 and PNMR of 59.0 per 1000. The relative risk of perinatal mortality with lower socio-economic status was 1.87, bad obstetrical history 2.18, and gestational age < 37 weeks 1.95.


CONCLUSIONS
Further reduction in PNMR may be possible with focussed medical services to women of low socio-economic status having bad obstetrical history and those delivering before term.
Kapoor
R K
RK
Department of Pediatrics, King Georges Medical College, Lucknow.
Srivastava
A K
AK
Misra
P K
PK
Sharma
B
B
Thakur
S
S
Srivastava
K I
KI
Singh
G K
GK
D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D015996:Survival Rate; D014505:Urban Population