Scourge of intra-partum foetal death in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table 1 Perinatal deaths by Wiggles worth classification^a

Birth weight (g)	No. of perinatal deaths					Total (%)
	Macerated stillbirths	Congenital malformations	Immaturity	Asphyxia	Other
1000 (n = 34)	18	2	14	0	0	34 (5.2)
1001-1500 (n = 42)	16	7	16	3	0	42 (6.4)
1501-2000 (n = 65)	35	4	18	8	0	65 (9.9)
2001-2500 (n = 55)	20	7	11	16	1	55 (8.3)
N2500 (n = 464)	151	5	49	250	9	464 (70.3)
Total (%)	240 (36.4)	25 (3.8)	108 (16.4)	277 (41.9)	10 (1.5)	660 (100.0)

^aBirth weight data missing for 61 neonates. Adapted from Fawole et al[13], Determinant of Perinatal Mortality in Nigeria.