Table 3.

Identified causes of perinatal death in study participants by MITS

	Immediate cause n [% (95 CI)]	Comorbid or antecedent cause n (% [95CI])
Perinatal deaths, N = 100
Stillbirths (n = 98)
Congenital birth defectsa	2 (2% [0.5 – 7.8])	1 (5.2% [0.6 – 32.5])
Congenital Infection	25 (25% [17.4 – 34.5])	8 (42.1% [21.5 – 65.9])
Pneumoniab	24 (24% [16.6 – 33.4])	4 (21.1% [7.5 – 46.5])
Cytomegalovirus	1 (1% [0.1 – 6.9])	4 (21.1% [7.5 – 46.5])
Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growthc	5 (5% [2.1 – 11.6])	0
Umbilical cord complicationsd	0 (0)	2 (10.5% [2.3 – 36.1])
Intrauterine hypoxia	66 (66% [56.1 – 74.7])	3 (15.8% [4.7 – 41.3])
Early neonatal deaths (n = 2)
Intrauterine hypoxia and asphyxia	2 (2% [0.5 – 7.8])

^aOne congenital malformation of limbs, one gastrochisis as main fetal cause of death and one congenital CNS malformation as contributing condition to cause of death

^b22 pneumonia cases had maternal chorioamnionitis and evidence of inflammation in fetal lung tissue and two cases fetal lung inflammation only; in nine pneumonia cases, the following pathogens were isolated: Mycoplasma (one case), Streptococcus agalactiae (seven cases) and Staphylococcus aureus (one case)

^cFour fetal meconium aspirations and one macrosomia

^dCord compression