Aim: To describe rates of neonatal mortality, low birthweight (LBW), preterm birth and small for gestational age (SGA), and relate outcome to ethnicity and perinatal risk factors of liveborn infants of hospital deliveries in Lhasa. The differences in these variables between ethnic Tibetans and non-Tibetans were also studied. Methods: Data were prospectively collected on the outcome of all liveborn infants born in four hospitals in the urban area of Lhasa, Tibet, in 2005. Result: A total of 2540 liveborn infants were recorded. The rates of LBW, preterm birth and SGA were 13.6%, 5.7% and 22.2%, respectively. Neonatal mortality rate was 42/1000 for the infants born alive in the hospitals. Lower GA, vaginal delivery, foetal distress and lack of prenatal care, but not ethnicity, were associated with increased risk of death in multivariate logistic regression. Tibetans had higher BW and lower rates of LBW, SGA, need of oxygen supplementation and maternal hypertension, but higher rates of foetal distress, caesarean section, multiple births and low Apgar scores.
[1]Fudan Univ, Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat, Shanghai 200032, Peoples R China.
[2]Reg Peoples Hosp, Dept Pediat, Lhasa 850000, Tibet Autonomou, Peoples R China.
[3]City Peoples Hosp, Dept Pediat, Lhasa 850000, Tibet Autonomou, Peoples R China.
[4]Reg Peoples Hosp 2, Dept Pediat, Lhasa 850000, Tibet Autonomou, Peoples R China.
[5]City Matern Hosp, Dept Pediat, Lhasa 850000, Tibet Autonomou, Peoples R China.
[6]Karolinska Univ Hosp, S-17176 Stockholm, Sweden.
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