Journal of Health & Medical Informatics

Perinatal Service in the State of Qatar

Abstract

Sajjad Ur Rahman,Badreldeen Ahmed*

 Maternal mortality rate (MMR): Qatar’s MMR dropped from 49/100,000 in 1990 to 9.02% in 2012. Qatar’s MMR

had been zero for several years between 1995 and 2000; for the rest of the years, it had been between 7 and 11/100,000. Qatar’s MMR over the last decade has not only been significantly low, as compared to the global MMR of 260/100,000 and regional MMR of 320/100,000 in Eastern Mediterranean Region as given, it is also comparable to the MMR of many high income countries, both from the West and East. Qatar’s antenatal coverage is 94%. Qatar’s reproductive health system is based on 99.45% hospital deliveries. During 2011, the State of Qatar had a 25% national C section rate. The relative risk of neonatal mortality was significantly higher among C section deliveries, particularly in emergency C Section deliveries. Neonatal mortality and perinatal mortality rates: The Relative Risk of Neonatal Mortality in Qatar decreased by 87% between 1975 and 2011, though the population increased by 10 fold and number of deliveries by 7.2 folds. This is a superb achievement; which encompasses both early and late neonatal mortality. Qatar’s neonatal mortality rate corrected for lethal congenital anomalies and futility (cNMR) was 3.26/1000 during 2011. Qatar’s 2011 NMR (4.9/1000) and cNMR (3.26/1000) are comparable to selected high income countries; both from the west and east.