Table 1.

 Crude perinatal mortality rates (per 1000 births) and odds ratios in different racial groups (95% confidence intervals)

Type of death	White women	South Asian women			Black women
		Mortality rate	Odds ratio		Mortality rate	Odds ratio
Perinatal mortality	5.6 (5.2 to 6.0)	9.2 (8.0 to 10.4)	1.6 (1.4 to 1.9)		10.8 (9.0 to 12.6)	2.0 (1.6 to 2.3)
Stillbirth	4.3 (4.0 to 4.6)	7.5 (6.4 to 8.5)	1.8 (1.5 to 2.1)		7.8 (6.3 to 9.3)	1.8 (1.5 to 2.3)
Antepartum stillbirth	3.3 (3.1 to 3.6)	6.2 (5.2 to 7.2)	1.9 (1.6 to 2.2)		6.3 (4.9 to 7.7)	1.9 (1.5 to 2.4)
Intrapartum stillbirth	0.6 (0.5 to 0.7)	0.5 (0.2 to 0.8)	0.9 (0.5 to 1.5)		1.2 (0.6 to 1.8)	2.0 (1.1 to 3.4)
Indeterminate stillbirth	0.3 (0.2 to 0.4)	0.8 (0.4 to 1.1)	2.3 (1.4 to 3.9)		0.3 (0.0 to 0.6)	1.0 (0.4 to 2.7)
Early neonatal death	1.3 (1.1 to 1.5)	1.8 (1.2 to 2.3)	1.3 (1.0 to 1.8)		3.1 (2.1 to 4.0)	2.3 (1.6 to 3.3)

Odds ratios use the white racial group as reference.