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Perinatal mortality in rural China: retrospective cohort study
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Objectives To explore the use of local civil registration data to assess the perinatal mortality in a typical rural county in a less developed province in China, 1999-2000. Design Retrospective cohort study. Pregnancies in a cohort of women followed from registration of pregnancy to outcome of infant seven days after birth. Setting Routine family planning records in 20 rural townships in eastern China. Subjects 3697 pregnancies registered by the local family planning system during 1999. Main outcome measures Abortions, stillbirths, early neonatal mortality, perinatal mortality. Results Only three cases were lost to follow up. The average age of the women at pregnancy was 25.9 years. Three hundred and twelve pregnancies were aborted and 240 ended in miscarriage (total 552, 15%). The perinatal mortality rate was 69 per 1000 births, the rate of stillbirth was 24 per 1000 births, and the early neonatal mortality was 46 per 1000 live births. The early neonatal mortality was 29 in boys and 69 in girls per 1000 live births. The perinatal mortality rate increased notably with parity and was higher in townships having lower income per capita. Conclusions The family planning system at the most local level is a useful data source for studying perinatal mortality in rural China. The perinatal mortality rate in the study county was higher than previously reported for both rural and urban areas in China. The results by parity and sex of the infant raise concern over the impact of the one child policy.
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- Authors
- Wu, Z., Viisainen, K., Wang, Y., & Hemminki, E.
- Affiliations
- Fudan University (CN)
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2003-12-04
- Volume
- 327
- Issue
- 7427
- Pages
- 1319
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
- PMC
- PMC286318
- OpenAlex
- W2162790442
- Cited by
- 50
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Global Maternal and Child Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Keywords
- perinatal mortality, rural China, stillbirth, early neonatal mortality, abortion, one-child policy, parity, per capita income
- MeSH terms
- Adult, China, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant Mortality, Infant, Newborn, Male, Maternal Age, Parity, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Outcome, Registries, Retrospective Studies, Rural Health, Cohort Studies
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