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Globally, 2.6 million stillbirths had been predicted annually. Approximately 77% of stillbirths occurred in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Pakistan is among the top 10 countries with the highest burden of stillbirths. Pakistan ranked third among the countries with a high stillbirth rate. Although stillbirth is a major public health problem, it remains a negligible issue in many countries including Pakistan. There are no studies in Pakistan that determine the spatial distribution of stillbirth. Therefore, the objective of the study is to carry out the spatial analysis and to determine the associated factors of stillbirth in Pakistan. We have used the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey data for the years 2017–18. The Bernoulli model is fitted using SatScan V.9.6 and the ArcGIS V.10.6 to discover the spatial distribution of stillbirth. Multilevel binary logistic regression model is also used to explore the determinants of stillbirths …