WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

*Shahla Abdal Wahab Hameed, Raafat Ali Bashar, Haneen Laith Abdul Khaleq and Batool Ali Ghalib Yassin

ABSTRACT

Background: Total perinatal deaths are perinatal mortality. This includes stillbirth and early neonatal mortality(live newborn death before seven days). In hospitals, many perinatal deaths can be averted. Improved intrapartumcare might save 1.3 million intrapartum fatalities and a high percentage of early neonatal mortality worldwide.Study goals: To estimate perinatal mortality in Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital in 2019, determine its primarycauses, and examine the association between gestational age, number of fetuses, mother age, gender, mode ofdelivery, and birth weight. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study in which a review of all records at theRegistration Unit and Neonatal Department of AL-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital during 2019 was performed.Results: In 2019, AL-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital reported 11,790 live births, with a Neonatal Mortality Rate of36.5/1000 live births, primarily due to Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Among the 1,680 neonates admitted to theNeonatal Care Unit, 430 died, with most deaths occurring within the first week. The study also found that deathcauses were significantly associated with birth weight but not with gender or mode of delivery. Conclusion: ALYarmoukTeaching Hospital had a perinatal death rate of 47.5/1000 births, with a 36.5/1000 live birth, 33.1/1000early live birth, and 14.9/1000 total birth stillbirth rate. RDS, extreme prematurity, various congenitalabnormalities, birth asphyxia, and infection caused most perinatal fatalities. Low birth weight substantiallypredicted mortality. Causes of death were not significantly associated with gender, method of delivery, gestationalage, or mother age.