Determinants of Stillbirth in Zambia.

The article presents a retrospective cohort study conducted in Lusaka, Zambia to determine the rates and determinants of stillbirth in the area's urban obstetric population. Based on the analysis, stillbirth is associated to such factors as placental abruption, cesarean delivery and operative vaginal delivery. Stillbirth or fetal death is defined by the International Classification of Disease as the death of a fetus who has reached 22 weeks of completed gestation or weighs at least 500 grams (g).