Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Research
Determinants of Perinatal Mortality in Bahir Dar Town Governmental Health Institutions, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2019: Case Control Study
Author(s): Daniel Tarekegn Worede*, Kebadnew Mulatu and Taye Abuhay
Background: Globally, 14,300 perinatal deaths were estimated to occur each day in 2015. Almost all (98%) took place in developing countries. Ethiopia is one of the developing countries with 33 per 1000 perinatal deaths. However, there is limited information about factors associated with perinatal mortality. Therefore this study was aimed to identify determinants of perinatal mortality in Bahir-dar town governmental health institutions.
Methods: Institutional based unmatched case control study design was conducted from 1st March to 30th June, 2019. Cases were stillbirths and early neonatal deaths and controls were live births that were survived the first seven days after delivery. All stillbirths and early neonatal deaths were included and two controls per case were selected using systematic sampling method. A total of 459 (153 cases and 306 .. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-1079.20.10.355
