Most deaths in PIH occur due to its complications & not due to hypertension per se. With the advent of antenatal care in large cities, severe degree of toxaemia & eclampsia has become mostly preventable. However, indeveloping country, it still continues to be a major obstetric problem6. Thus, we can reduce the maternal mortality by prevention & proper
management of these complications. Hence, the present study was conducted to find out risk factors for perinatal death in PIH cases.