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Re: Calculating stillbirth using Ethiopia DHS 2000 [message #18954 is a reply to message #18952] Tue, 24 March 2020 15:08 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Trevor-DHS is currently offline  Trevor-DHS
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Dear Abe Kiyu

The perinatal mortality rate is calculated as a ratio of the number of stillbirths over the number of live births in the five years preceding the survey. Thus the program you have gives you the perinatal mortality rate.

See the Guide to DHS Statistics and search for perinatal mortality for more information.
 
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