Louw H H, Khan M B, Woods D L, Power M, Thompson M C
Nursing, Hospital and Health Service Branch, Cape Provincial Administration.
S Afr Med J. 1995 May;85(5):352-5.
To determine the number of deliveries, the low-birth-weight rate and the perinatal mortality rate at provincial and province-aided hospitals and clinics in each planning region of the Cape Province.
A record of the number of deliveries, low-birth-weight infants, stillbirths and early neonatal deaths in provincial and province-aided hospitals and clinics in each planning region of the Cape Province between 1 January 1989 and 31 December 1991.
All provincial and province-aided hospitals and clinics in the Cape Province.
Hospital and clinic staff of all provincial and province-aided hospitals and clinics in the Cape Province.
Number of deliveries, low-birth-weight infants, stillbirths and early neonatal deaths in each planning region of the Cape Province.
A total of 373,768 births were recorded during the 3-year period with a low-birth-weight rate of 14.7%, a stillbirth rate of 17.9 per 1,000 and an early neonatal mortality rate of 9.1 per 1,000. All rates differed widely between regions. The regions with the highest perinatal mortality rates were in the northern and eastern Cape.
The perinatal demographics of most regions in the Cape Province are typical of a developing country. Regions which have been identified as having the highest low-birth-weight, stillbirth and early neonatal mortality rates are in greatest need of improved perinatal health care.
确定开普省各规划区域省级医院及省补助医院和诊所的分娩数量、低体重儿出生率及围产期死亡率。
记录1989年1月1日至1991年12月31日期间开普省各规划区域省级医院及省补助医院和诊所的分娩数量、低体重儿、死产及早期新生儿死亡情况。
开普省所有省级医院及省补助医院和诊所。
开普省所有省级医院及省补助医院和诊所的医院及诊所工作人员。
开普省各规划区域的分娩数量、低体重儿、死产及早期新生儿死亡情况。
三年期间共记录了373,768例分娩，低体重儿出生率为14.7%，死产率为每1000例17.9例，早期新生儿死亡率为每1000例9.1例。各区域的所有比率差异很大。围产期死亡率最高的区域位于开普省北部和东部。
开普省大多数区域的围产期人口统计学特征是发展中国家的典型特征。已确定低体重儿、死产及早期新生儿死亡率最高的区域最需要改善围产期医疗保健。
