Perinatal Mortality in the United States, 1950-81 [electronic resource] / Eve Powell-Griner.
This report describes long-term trends in perinatal mortality in the United States in three basic parts: development of perinatal mortality measures, components of fetal and infant mortality, and trends and differentials in perinatal mortality. Perinatal deaths refer to the sum of spontaneous fetal...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This report describes long-term trends in perinatal mortality in the United States in three basic parts: development of perinatal mortality measures, components of fetal and infant mortality, and trends and differentials in perinatal mortality. Perinatal deaths refer to the sum of spontaneous fetal deaths occurring after 20 weeks gestation plus infant deaths occurring during the first 27 days following birth. Discussed in the first part of the report are the emergence of the concept of a perinatal period, the three definitions of the perinatal period, and the use of rate or ratio as measures of perinatal mortality. Discussed next are the distribution of fetal and infant deaths and trends in fetal and infant mortality. Finally, the report presents data on perinatal mortality ratios for the white population and for races other than white for each of the years 1950-1981. The differential in birth weight distribution, sex differentials, and geographic variations are also discussed. Also included are references, technical notes, four figures, and eight tables. (TRS) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED271350. |
| Physical Description: | 16 p. |
| Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note: | Monthly Vital Statistics Report, v34 n12 suppl Mar 31 1986. |