Pregnancy outcomes among Indian women: increased prevalence of miscarriage and stillbirth during 2015-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pregnancy outcome is an important health indicator of the quality of maternal health. Adverse pregnancy outcomes is a major public health problem, which can lead to poor maternal and neonatal outcomes. This study investigates the trends in pregnancy outcomes prevalent during 2015-2021 in Indian women.

Methods

The study analysed the data presented in the fourth (2015-16) and fifth (2019-21) rounds of National Family Health Survey (NFHS). The absolute and relative changes in the birth outcomes of last pregnancy during the five years preceding the surveys were estimated using data collected from 195,470 women in NFHS-4 and from 255,549 women in NFHS-5.

Results

Livebirth decreased by 1.3 points (90.2% vs. 88.9%), and nearly half of the Indian states/UTs (n = 17

SUBMITTER: Kuppusamy P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9992916 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature