Perinatal mortality in Scotland: 1970-9.

Perinatal mortality in Scotland: 1970-9.

An examination of the recent decline in perinatal mortality in Scotland during the 1970s showed that despite substantial changes in fertility and the demographic pattern of births, differences in the age, parity, and social class composition of the obstetric population in this decade accounted for just 7% of the overall improvement in perinatal mortality between 1970 and 1979. The general patte...

Infant and perinatal mortality in Scotland.

A perinatal mortality survey in south-east London, 1970-73: the pathological findings in 726 necropsies.

The primary necropsy finding are presented for 726 perinatal deaths; the classification of the 1958 British Perinatal Mortality Survey is used, and results of the two surveys are compared. Lethan malformation has replaced intrapartum hypoxia as the most common cause of perinatal death. There has been substantial reduction in intracranial trauma but an increase in intraventricular haemorrhage an...

Malignant melanoma in Rome, Italy, 1970-9.

An epidemiological study was conducted in the city of Rome and the incidence of malignant melanoma was determined retrospectively for the years 1970-9. All patients had legal residence in Rome and a histological diagnosis of melanoma during that period; only cases of malignant melanoma of the skin (ICD 172, 8th revision) were considered. A total of 17 public and 82 private hospitals were involv...

Perinatal mortality in Wales.

The death rate among infants in the last weeks of pregnancy and the first days of postnatal life has been decreasing steadily as the standards of antenatal and postnatal care have improved and as the general standard of health of the population has become better. There are still, however, regional differences in the risk of perinatal death, and in the Principality of Wales the risk of losing a ...