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The perinatal mortality rate, together with the maternal mortality rate, serves as a good index of the effectiveness of a maternity service. It has two components: the stillbirth rate which is calculated per 1,000 live births, and the neonatal death rate which is also calculated per 1,000 live births. Such a gauge for the health problems of the newborn has the added advantage of a team approach involving the obstetrician, the paediatrician and the pathologist.
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© 1979 G. J. Ebrahim
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Ebrahim, G.J. (1979). Perinatal Mortality. In: Care of the Newborn in Developing Countries. Macmillan Tropical Community Health Manuals. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15991-8_2
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