الفهرس 
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Abstract
Th~ p~rlnata1 mortality in th~ eOEmunity rer1~ ets to a 1ari~ ~xt~nt ~h~ typ~ or ebst~tric
practic~ and th~ l~vel of that practiCe in that al’n.a•
-The present study a1ms to evaluat~ the ma~nitud~ of the prQbl~m or p~rlnatal mortality and b)-
idp.ntlrying the dirt.r~nt problems a plane is put
to reduce this perInatal mortalIty.
A r~vi”,v or literatul’!’h!a’s b•.”,ngl’ten,-inthe
introduction vith special mentioning to the possible
prev”,ntiv- lIn. for pArticipating a”,tiologicp.lfactors
arr.cting p~rinatal mortality.
P.rinatal mortality ~8t~vas round to be 31.65
p~r thousand during thp.Period or study.V~in pr!’!’cipltatin&
caus!’!’Vsel’. dlseus~ •d. and compar”,d to published
data wh•.nP.v~r possibl ••
:.Major8”ltlolor;lcaltactoI’IIw~r’Hpr.-lIatur1ty,
obst.tric complications, co~.nltal malformations
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Aanionitis &manipulation at hom~, Antepartum
ha~morrhae~JP’~’ Toxa~mia and diab~t~s .~11itu.
in their order of fr~qu~ney. Minor a~tiolo&ical
factors v~r~: unkown a~tiology, re~piratory
d1str~ss syndrom~, post.maturity and Rhesus
isoimmunization in their ord~r of frequency.
It is r~lt that 8nt~natal care for the diacnosis
and parly management ot hi&h risk casps
would greatly att~ct th~ incidince of to~tal losses
especiall~among diabetes, pr~-eclempsia, amnionitis
and prematurity.
Intranatal and postnatal services would
favourably h.lp r~ducing the incidince ot lOSSeS
Baong pre.atur~ infants that constitut~ the main
bulk of the lOSSeS and this also appli~s to th~
lOSseS Bcoompained with obst~trlc conpllcations.
Postmort~m examination should always be
~ncour,.d to tind the exact caus. ot death.