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Perinatal care index (perinatal MR / LBWR)

Definition	Perinatal mortality rate divided by the Low birth weight rate.
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Perinatal care index (perinatal MR / LBWR) [Definition]
	EC	FS	GP	KZN	LP	MP	NC	NW	WC	ZA
2002	2.32	2.16	1.90	2.32	2.12	2.30	1.45	3.00	1.15	[1] -
2006 PPIP	2.00	-	1.60	2.10	1.90	2.00	1.40	2.70	1.78	[2] 1.80
EC: Eastern Cape FS: Free State GP: Gauteng KZN: KwaZulu-Natal LP: Limpopo MP: Mpumalanga NC: Northern Cape NW: North West WC: Western Cape ZA: South Africa

Saving Babies 2002: Pattinson RC, editor. Saving Babies 2002: Third Perinatal Care Survey of South Africa. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2003. http://www.ppip.co.za/
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/ChildHealth/Saving_Babies_2002.pdf
Saving Babies 2003-2005: MRC Research Unit for Maternal and Infant Health Care Strategies, PPIP Users and the Saving Babies Technical Task Team. Saving Babies 2003-2005: Fifth Perinatal Care Survey of South Africa. Pretoria; 2007. http://www.ppip.co.za/
Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/ChildHealth/Saving_Babies_2003-5.pdf
Data from Oct 2003 - Mar 2006.