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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Ruth Bell, Dr Svetlana Glinianaia, Professor Judith RankinORCiD, Dr Christopher Wright, Professor Mark PearceORCiD, Professor Louise Parker
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OBJECTIVE: To describe trends in cause specific stillbirth and neonatal mortality. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: 686,860 births in 1982-2000, to mothers resident in the Northern Region of England. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Cause specific stillbirth and neonatal mortality; rate ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) in 1991-2000 compared with 1982-1990. RESULTS: In singletons, rates of stillbirth and neonatal mortality declined over time (RR stillbirths, 0.81 (95% CI 0.76 to 0.87); RR neonatal mortality, 0.76 (95% CI 0.70 to 0.82)). Death from congenital anomalies declined substantially for both stillbirths (RR 0.52; 95% CI 0.40 to 0.68) and neonatal mortality (RR 0.58; 95% CI 0.51 to 0.67). Mortality due to intrapartum hypoxia also fell, by nearly 50% for stillbirths and 30% for neonatal deaths. There was no reduction in stillbirths due to antepartum hypoxia in babies weighing > or = 2500 g, or in mortality attributed to infection. In multiples, the risk of death was higher (RR stillbirths, 4.13 (95% CI 3.68 to 4.64); RR neonatal death, 7.82 (95% CI 7.13 to 8.58)). Stillbirth rates declined significantly (RR 0.71; 95% CI 0.57 to 0.89) but neonatal mortality did not (RR 0.91; 95% CI 0.77 to 1.08). There was no reduction in neonatal mortality resulting from prematurity, or in mortality from congenital anomalies. CONCLUSIONS: There is considerable overlap in the causes of stillbirth and neonatal mortality. Future progress in reducing perinatal mortality requires better understanding of the aetiology of antepartum stillbirth, of the excess risks of prematurity facing multiple births, particularly in the light of their increasing incidence, and of strategies to prevent perinatal infection.
Author(s): Bell R, Glinianaia SV, Rankin J, Wright C, Pearce MS, Parker L
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal Edition
Year: 2004
Volume: 89
Issue: 6
Pages: F531-F536
Print publication date: 01/11/2004
ISSN (print): 1359-2998
ISSN (electronic): 1468-2052
Publisher: BMJ Group
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2003.038414
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.038414
PubMed id: 15499149
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