Perinatal mortality at King Khalid University Hospital Riyadh

ABSTRACT

One of the major goals in perinatal practice is to achieve the lowest possible perinatal mortality. We evaluated the pattern of perinatal mortality at the King Khalid University Hospital [KKUH] over four years, from 1403H through 1406H [October 1982 through August 1986]. Over this period the number of births at KKUH increased by 175%. In 1406H perinatal mortality was 14.5/1000 birth; survival of infants weighing 754 g was over 80%, and those weighing between 500 and 750 g was 30%. The likelihood of survival for an infant born at or after 27 weeks of gestation was greater than 80%