Stillbirth among women in nine states in India: rate and risk factors in study of 886,505 women from the annual health survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the rate of stillbirth and associated risk factors across nine states in India.

Design

Secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from the Indian Annual Health Survey (2010-2013).

Setting

Nine states in India: Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, Assam and Uttar Pradesh.

Participants

886 505 women, aged 15-49 years.

Main outcome measures

Stillbirth rate with 95% CI. Adjusted OR to examine the associations between stillbirth and (1) socioeconomic, behavioural and biodemographic risk factors and (2) complications in pregnancy (anaemia, eclampsia, other hypertensive disorders, antepartum and intrapartum haemorrhage, obstructed labour, breech presentation, abnormal fetal position).

Results

SUBMITTER: Altijani N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6231551 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature