?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Seasonal+Variation+of+Delivery+Rate%3A+A+Four+Years+Study+in+a+Rural+Tertiary+Care+Centre&rft.creator=Chattopadhyay%2C+S&rft.creator=Pal%2C+A&rft.creator=Jana%2C+N&rft.creator=Maity%2C+D&rft.creator=Bandopadhyay%2C+S&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Objective%3A+To+determine+if+there+are+monthly+variations+in+the+rate+of+deliveries+in+Burdwan+Medical+College+West+Bengal%2C+India.+Materials+and+Methods%3A+A+retrospective+descriptive+study+carried+out+in+the+Burdwan+Medical+College.+We+extracted+the+total+number+of+deliveries+from+the+hospital+records+for+over+four+year+period+and+analyzed+the+figures+for+the+monthly+variation+in+delivery+rates.+This+was+repeated+for+a+standardized+30-day+month+and+the+findings+noted.+The+extracted+data+then+fed+into+a+computer+and+analysis+was+performed%2C+based+on+the+grouping+of+the+delivery+rates+per+month.+Results%3A+The+monthly+distribution+of+total+deliveries+showed+a+slightly+sinusoidal+pattern+with+two+peaks.+A+major+peak+spanning+two+months%2C+August+and+September+and+another+small+peak+in+April+and+May.+The+figure+also+depicted+the+nadir+number+of+deliveries+to+occur+majorly+in+February+and+March+and+another+in+December.+Conclusion%3A+There+is+a+seasonal+variation+in+delivery+rates+in+our+study.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2014-08-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9823%2F1%2F2014-2-1.pdf&rft.identifier=++Chattopadhyay%2C+S+and+Pal%2C+A+and+Jana%2C+N+and+Maity%2C+D+and+Bandopadhyay%2C+S++(2014)+Seasonal+Variation+of+Delivery+Rate%3A+A+Four+Years+Study+in+a+Rural+Tertiary+Care+Centre.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9823%2F