Active antenatal care, status at birth and mortality rates by gestational age
22 weeks | 23 weeks | 24 weeks | 25 weeks | 26 weeks | Total | |
n=185 | n=187 | n=188 | n=190 | n=270 | n=1020 | |
Active antenatal management, n (% of total) | 4 (2.2) | 9 (4.8) | 72 (38.3) | 134 (70.5) | 212 (78.5) | 431 (42.2) |
Antenatal steroids, n (% of total) | 2 (1.1) | 8 (4.3) | 70 (37.2) | 123 (64.7) | 193 (71.5) | 396 (38.8) |
Caesarean delivery, n (% of total) | 3 (1.6) | 2 (1.1) | 10 (5.3) | 42 (22.1) | 114 (42.2) | 171 (16.8) |
Magnesium sulfate, n (% of total) | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.1) | 8 (4.2) | 11 (4.1) | 21 (2.1) |
Terminations of pregnancy, n (% of total) | 26 (14.0) | 17 (9.1) | 13 (6.9) | 14 (7.4) | 9 (3.3) | 79 (7.7) |
Stillbirths, n (% of total) | 125 (67.6) | 118 (63.1) | 59 (31.4) | 21 (11.0) | 23 (8.5) | 346 (33.9) |
Live births, n (% of total) | 34 (18.4) | 52 (27.8) | 116 (61.7) | 155 (81.6) | 238 (88.1) | 595 (58.3) |
Deaths in delivery room, n (% of live births) | 33 (97.0) | 47 (90.0) | 52 (45.0) | 13 (8.0) | 11 (4.0) | 156 (26.0) |
Deaths in NICU, n (% of live births) | 1 (3.0) | 5 (10.0) | 31 (27.0) | 48 (31.0) | 50 (21.0) | 135 (23.0) |
Alive at discharge, n (% of live births) | 0 | 0 | 33 (28.0) | 94 (60.0) | 177 (74.0) | 304 (51.0) |
NICU, neonatal intensive care unit.