Stillbirth Risk Factors

Several variables, including skilled birth attendance, urban-rural residence, smoking, and biomass cooking fuel, were not significant in the final adjusted model. Known stillbirth risk factors include maternal age extremes, malnutrition, previous pregnancy loss, complicated pregnancy, low socioeconomic status, and household air pollution from solid fuels. The article reports a monotonic socioeconomic gradient in which stillbirth odds rise from richest to poorest groups. Primigravida women had particularly high adjusted stillbirth risk compared with women with 2–4 pregnancies.