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. 1989 Jul;64(7):1036–1041. doi: 10.1136/adc.64.7.1036

Perinatal mortality in different ethnic groups.

L S Chitty 1, R M Winter 1
PMCID: PMC1792701  PMID: 2629625

Abstract

We have analysed the cause of perinatal deaths in four hospitals in the North West Thames region over a six year period commencing January 1980. The Pakistani population had a significantly greater perinatal mortality rate (15.7/1000 births) than the Europeans (11.3/1000 births). This was due to an increased incidence of macerated stillbirths and lethal malformations, the latter resulting from a significantly higher incidence of autosomal recessive disorders, neural tube defects, and renal malformations.

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