title: Perinatal mortality in urban slums in Lucknow.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, King Georges Medical College, Lucknow.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: 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