incidence and determinants of stillbirth among women who gave birth in jimma university specialized hospital ethiopia introduction worldwide approximately 27 million are stillborn more than 98 of these occur in developing countries to address the problem incidence and determinants of stillbirth must be understood therefore the aim of this study was to assess incidence and determinants of stillbirth among women who gave birth in jimma university specialized hospitalmethods a crosssectional study design among 413 mothers who gave birth in jimma specialized hospital was employed study subjects were selected by systematic sampling technique from the list of women who gave birth in hospital in one month study period data were collected by using pretested and structured questionnaire data were edited cleaned coded entered and analyzed using spss20 statistical software univarate and bivariate logistic regressions analysis was employedresults the incidence rate of stillbirth in the hospital during a month period was 8 or 80 per 1000 total births the predictors that showed an independent close association with stillbirth were absence of complication or 01 95 ci 00402 referral from other health facility or 03 95 ci 0107 having antenatal care or 03 95 ci 0107 and normal vaginal delivery or 02 95 ci 0108conclusion the incidence rate of stillbirths in our setting is high and the identified determinants were related to both antepartum and intrapartumperiod therefore effort should be made to improve antenatal obstetric services and delivery services in terms awareness access timing and referral system to emergency care and specialized service to reduce the number of stillbirths