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It is widely recognised that babies born in England and Wales to women of Pakistani origin have higher stillbirth (SBR) and perinatal mortality rates (PNMR) when compared with those from other ethnic groups (Terry et al. 1980, Gillies et al. 1984, Chitty & Winter 1989, Bundey et al. 1989). In 1991 the SBR for babies whose mothers were born in Pakistan was 7.9 per thousand (total births) compared with 4.4 per thousand (total births) to all women born in the United Kingdom (Office of Population Census and Survey 1993). Babies with Pakistani mothers also have a high incidence of lethal congenital abnormalities. In Birmingham it has been estimated that 41 per cent of infant deaths in Pakistani families were due to congenital abnormalities (Bundey & Alam 1993).
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Proctor, S., Smith, I. (1997). Factors Associated with Birth Outcome in Bradford Pakistanis. In: Clarke, A., Parsons, E. (eds) Culture, Kinship and Genes. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25882-6_7
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