Perinatal mortality in Ondokuz Mayis University faculty of medicine between 2004-2006

Abstract

Perinatal mortality in Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine between 2004-2006 was prospectively analyzed with the collaboration of Neonatology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatric Genetic and Pathology Departments. Perinatal mortality rates in 2004, 2005 and 2006 were 87.5, 73.2 and 73.0 respectively. The most important cause of perinatal death according to modified Wigglesworth classification in these three years was stillbirths. Early neonatal death ratio has decreased nearly to half from 2003.