Table 2. Application of ICD-PM codes to perinatal deaths recorded in South African Perinatal Problem Identification Program, 1 October 2013–31 December 2016.
| Perinatal condition | Maternal conditiona |
Total (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | ||
| No. of antepartum deaths | ||||||
| A1: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 5 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 334 | 414 (2.7) |
| A2: Infection | 83 | 1 | 0 | 310 | 52 | 446 (2.9) |
| A3: Antepartum hypoxia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.0) |
| A4: Other specified antepartum disorder | 2 342 | 10 | 0 | 595 | 0 | 2 947 (18.9) |
| A5: Disorders related to fetal growth | 122 | 518 | 0 | 283 | 347 | 1 270 (8.1) |
| A6: Fetal death of unspecified cause | 246 | 45 | 0 | 4573 | 5678 | 10 542 (67.5) |
| Total (% of antepartum deaths) | 2 798 (17.9) | 574 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) | 5836 (37.4) | 6411 (41.0%) | 15 619 (100.0) |
| No. of intrapartum deaths | ||||||
| I1: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 161 | 190 (5.1) |
| I2: Birth trauma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.0) |
| I3: Acute intrapartum event | 919 | 8 | 932 | 518 | 199 | 2 576 (69.2) |
| I4: Infection | 11 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 43 (1.2) |
| I5: Other specified intrapartum disorder | 350 | 52 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 479 (12.9) |
| I6: Disorders related to fetal growth | 15 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 64 (1.7) |
| I7: Intrapartum death of unspecified cause | 4 | 9 | 0 | 337 | 23 | 373 (10.0) |
| Total (% of intrapartum deaths) | 1 299 (34.9) | 70 (1.9) | 932 (25.0) | 1 013 (27.2) | 411 (11.0) | 3 725 (100.0) |
| No. of neonatal deaths | ||||||
| N1: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 7 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 583 | 724 (9.7) |
| N2: Disorders related to fetal growth | 14 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 77 | 136 (1.8) |
| N3: Birth trauma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.0) |
| N4: Complications of intrapartum events | 200 | 1 | 1 660 | 323 | 0 | 2 184 (29.3) |
| N5: Convulsions and disorders of cerebral status | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.0) |
| N6: Infection | 50 | 2 | 0 | 164 | 54 | 270 (3.6) |
| N7: Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders | 4 | 0 | 0 | 756 | 674 | 1 434 (19.2) |
| N8: Other neonatal conditions | 334 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 415 (5.6) |
| N9: Low birth weight and prematurity | 51 | 226 | 1 458 | 331 | 62 | 2 128 (28.5) |
| N10: Miscellaneous | 5 | 3 | 0 | 96 | 71 | 175 (2.3) |
| N11: Neonatal death of unspecified cause | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0.0) |
| Total (% of neonatal deaths) | 665 (8.9) | 235 (3.1) | 3 118 (41.8) | 1 927 (25.8) | 1 521 (20.4) | 7 466 (100.0) |
ICD-PM: International Classification of Diseases-perinatal mortality.
a M1: complications of placenta, cord and membranes; M2: maternal complications of pregnancy; M3: other complications of labour and delivery; M4: maternal medical and surgical conditions; M5: no maternal condition.