Burden of perinatal conditions in Yemen: a 12-year hospital-based study

East Mediterr Health J. 2005 Jul;11(4):680-9.

Abstract

We conducted a 12-year retrospective analysis of perinatal characteristics at Al-Sabeen Hospital, Sana'a. There were 62168 births, 2936 stillbirths and 5434 perinatal deaths. There were 14 576 (24.6%) preterm low-birth-weight (LBW) babies. Early neonatal death (ENND) rate was 42.2/1000 live births. Of the 10 546 neonates admitted to the special baby care unit (SBCU), 40.1% were preterm LBW and 2147 (20.4%) died (80.6% were preterm LBW). The last 4 years showed a 17.2% increase in stillbirths and a 40.5% reduction in ENND compared with the first 4 years. In the SBCU, reduction in ENND was > 70%. Respiratory distress accounted for 63.8% of deaths in the SBCU and birth asphyxia 15.0%. Our results reflect the poor antenatal and delivery care services in Yemen.

MeSH terms

  • Asphyxia Neonatorum / mortality
  • Cause of Death / trends*
  • Congenital Abnormalities / mortality
  • Cost of Illness
  • Delivery, Obstetric / methods
  • Delivery, Obstetric / mortality
  • Hospital Mortality / trends*
  • Hospitals, Maternity
  • Hospitals, Pediatric
  • Hospitals, Public
  • Humans
  • Infant Mortality / trends*
  • Infant, Low Birth Weight
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases / mortality*
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases / mortality*
  • Intensive Care, Neonatal / statistics & numerical data
  • Linear Models
  • Morbidity
  • Patient Admission / trends
  • Population Surveillance
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / mortality
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Stillbirth / epidemiology
  • Yemen / epidemiology