Association of Stillbirths with Maternal and Fetal Risk Factors in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of gravidas and their stillborn in Dr. Prabhakar Kore Charitable Hospital (January 1, 2017–December 31, 2017).

Variable		Subvariable	Number	Percentage
Residence		Urban	83	48.54
		Rural	88	51.46
Socioeconomic status	Urban population (Kuppuswamy scale) (n = 83)	I	1	1.2
		II	14	16.87
		III	51	61.45
		IV	13	15.66
		V	4	4.82
	Rural population (BG Prasad scale) (n = 88)	R1	0	0
		R2	22	25
		R3	36	40.91
		R4	26	29.55
		R5	4	4.55
Antenatal care		Registered	77	45.03
		Unregistered	94	54.97
Age distribution of women with stillbirths		<20 years	17	9.97
		>20–<30 years	140	81.9
		>30 years	14	8.19
Stillbirths in different gravidity		Gravida-1	78	45.61
		Gravida-2	43	25.15
		Gravida-3	32	18.71
		≥Gravida-4	18	10.53
Period of gestation at the time of stillbirth		Preterm (<37 wk)	135	78.94
		Term (37–41 wk)	34	19.88
		Postterm (>42 wk)	2	1.16
Mode of delivery in stillbirths		Vaginal delivery	136	79.53
		Cesarean section	35	20.47

^∗ and ^#indicate the percentage taken among the total number of urban and rural populations, respectively, Kuppusamy scale—I: upper class; II: upper middle class; III: lower middle class; IV: upper lower class; V: lower class; BG Prasad scale—R1: upper class; R2: upper middle class; R3: middle class; R4: lower middle class; R5: lower class.