Abstract
Background: Obstetrics indices vary from population to population. Some are natural occurring indices while other corresponds to the level ofobstetric practice in an area.Objective of the study: This study sought to find the obstetrics indices like mean birth weight, twinning rate, the sex ratio, caesarean section rate,instrumental vaginal delivery rate, maternal mortality rate and fetal death rate.Study design, setting and subjects: This was a retrospective study of all deliveries at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi fromJanuary 1998 to December 2007, a ten year period. Data was extracted from the labor ward birth register and analyzed.Results: There were five thousand, six hundred and fifty eight (5658) deliveries within the period of the study. The mean birth weight was 3.3kg.The mean weight for female babies was 3.26kg and 3.34kg for the male babies. The twinning rate was 34/1000 deliveries. There was no triplet within the period of the study. The sex ratio was 93 males: 100 females. The caesarean section rate was 9.4% .Instrumental vaginal delivery rate was 3%. The maternal mortality rate was 324/ 100,000 births, while the fetal death rate was 21/1000 births.Conclusion: The obstetric indices were found to be within the range as those in other studies in the region.
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