Differences of still birth rate between cesarean section and normal vaginal delivery in al-Nasiriyah at 2019 : a comparative study

الملخص EN

Background : A born baby with no any life signs within or after 28 weeks of gestation is define as stillbirth, .

3rd trimester SB account 2.6 million globally at 2015.

Objectives: to compare SBR by the 2 places of birth in Al-Nasiriyah city, and to determine the expected determinants of the still birth.

Methodology: An analytical-comparative, hospital based study, extending all over the past 1 years; from 1st day of January till the end of December of 2019 in Bint Al-Huda maternity and pediatrics hospital-Thi-qar/Iraq.

Including all Still birth, from 2 different places of labor that including: Main labor room and operative theater room, informed consent also was taken from all participants parent.

SPSS version 25 had been used, P value <0.05 is considered significant.

Results: Among 8772 delivered fetus as a normal vaginal delivery, 136 delivered died with a total still birth rate 0f 15.5/1000, compared to a total deliveries by cesarean section of 5810, were the total still birth of 97 delivered died with a rate of 16.7/1000.

Still birth rates difference was of not a great values in their distribution according to different months and seasons of the year 2019.

Age of the parents and weight of SB had a significant role in SBR.

Conclusion: delivery by CS and NVD show no significant statistical difference of the SBR between those who are.

, also no difference in monthly trends of SBR all-over the period of the study, whether was by CS or NVD.

Different age groups in different places and within the same place show a highly significant statistical association, B.

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of deliverd baby was also one of the main determinants of the SBR and the age of father that extending the 41 years show significant difference in the occurance of the SB.