Trends in perinatal mortality at a Hong Kong hospital

• Published in: International journal of gynecology and obstetrics Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 227 - 232
• Main Authors: Woo, Joseph S.K., Chan, Pak-Hang, Wong, Vivian C.W., Ma, Ho-Kei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.06.1983; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Analysis. Health state; Biological and medical sciences; Category trends; Congenital abnormality; Delivery. Postpartum. Lactation; Disorders; Epidemiology; Female; Fetal Death - epidemiology; General aspects; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Hemorrhage - epidemiology; Hong Kong; Humans; Implications; Infant Mortality; Infant, Newborn; Maternal medical complication; Medical sciences; Modern obstetric care; Perinatal mortality; Placenta Diseases - epidemiology; Placental hemorrhage; Population; Pre-eclampsia; Pre-Eclampsia - epidemiology; Pregnancy; Prenatal Care; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Regression analysis; Stillbirths; Tropical medicine; Hong Kong; Congenital abnormality; Modern obstetric care; Category trends; Placental hemorrhage; Perinatal mortality; Stillbirths; Regression analysis; Maternal medical complication; Pre-eclampsia; Implications; Human; Statistical analysis; Hong Kong; Asia; Etiology; Mortality; Fetus pathology; Neonatology; Perinatal; New born pathology; Measurement; Pregnancy, Multiple; Infant Mortality; Infections; Research Methodology; Causes Of Death; Bleeding; Incidence; Congenital Abnormalities; Data Analysis; Population; Developing Countries; Delivery; Eastern Asia; Demographic Factors; Neonatal Mortality > changes; Neonatal Mortality > etiology; Population Dynamics
• ISSN: 0020-7292; 1879-3479
• DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(83)90085-1

Causes of perinatal mortality at Tsan Yuk Hospital, Hong Kong, were classified into 14 categories from the “P” list of stillbirths and neonatal mortality in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death. Trends for each category over the period 1970–1979 were examined by regression analysis. Overall perinatal mortality fell from 17.80 in 1970 to 10.94 in 1979. A low incidence of deaths from congenital abnormality and medical complication in the mother was observed. Significant statistical correlations were obtained in the trends in mortality associated with placental hemorrhage, pre-eclampsia, difficult labor, hemolytic disease of the newborn, and prematurity. Improvements in perinatal mortality in these areas as well as inadequacies in perinatal care in other areas, are discussed.