stillbirths and early neonatal mortality in rural northern ghana objective to calculate perinatal mortality stillbirth and early neonatal death end rates in the upper east region of ghana and characterize communitybased stillbirths and end in terms of timing cause of death and maternal and infant risk factorsmethods birth outcomes were obtained from the navrongo health and demographic surveillance system over a 7year periodresults twenty thousand four hundred and ninty seven pregnant women were registered in the study the perinatal mortality rate was 39 deaths1000 deliveries stillbirth rate 231000 deliveries and end rates 161000 live births most stillbirths were 31 weeks gestation or less prematurity firsttime delivery and multiple gestation all significantly increased the odds of perinatal death approximately 70 of end occurred during the first 3 postnatal days and the most common causes of death were birth asphyxia and injury infections and prematurityconclusion stillbirths and end remain a significant problem in navrongo the main causes of end occur during the first 3 days and may be modifiable with simple targeted perinatal policies