Analysis of the recorded stillbirths at Commonwealth Health Center (CHC) in the CNMI are reported here, together with maternal age, gravidity, parity and ethnicity, prenatal care adequacy, gestational age, birthweight, delivery type and location, and presence of known complicating factors. This report spans an 11 year period from the opening of CHC in 1986 through 1996. Comparison is made to prior reports of aggregate birth trends and prenatal care usage in the CNMI. Ethnicity-specific rates are calculated and compared, and etiologies of CNMI stillbirths are discussed.
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