Zlatan Fatu?i?
Perinatal mortality in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the most
frequent causes of perinatal mortality in Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Methods: We analyzed in a retrospective study over a
one year period (1999) the folloving cantons: Sarajevo,
Mostar, Tuzla, Biha?, Gora?de, Travnik, Zenica, which
represent about one half of the population of Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
Results: Perinatal mortality in the analyzed regions
within Bosnia and Herzegovina was 19.55 ?, which is
unacceptable in comparison with developed countries.
Early neonatal mortality (9?) was lower than late fetal
mortality 10.55 ?. The most frequent causes of death
were: premature birth, 6.32% of all deliveries; EPH
gestosis with a rate of 9% of all deliveries and fetal anomalies
with 0.68% of all deliveries. In Bosnia and Herzegovina,
prematurity is the cause of early neonatal mortality
in 78.5% of cases, while fetal anomalies are the
cause in the early new-born period in 10.70% of cases.
Conclusion: The results of perinatal mortality analyses
in Bosnia and Herzegovina confirm that perinatal mortality
directly depends on the development of the health
care system, economic sustainability, and living conditions.
Our results show that Bosnia and Herzegovina
fall into the category of developing country with a perinatal
mortality rate of 19.55 ?.
Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Print ISSN: 1619-3997
Volume: 29, 05/2001
Pages: 247 - 249
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