Since the midtwentieth century, stillbirths (late fetal deaths) and early neonatal deaths have
often been combined into a single category of “perinatal” deaths. In the past, such a …

Perinatal mortality has several components which may have distinct epidemiologic features.
In an investigation of the total singleton birth population of New York City in 1976–1978 (n …

Objective: This study was undertaken to estimate the cumulative risk of perinatal death
associated with delivery at each gestational week both at term and post term. Study Design …

United States, the discrepancy between the fetal mortality ratio and the fetal mortality rate is
very small. However, if the number of live births is small and the number of deaths is large …

This paper examines the issue of whether or not factors identified as risks for death in the
first year of life also serve as risks for morbidity in surviving infants through data collected on …

The relationship between several factors including maternal age, race, education and prior
obstetric experience to infant mortality was investigated using vital statistics data from four …

US preliminary data for 2002 show a significant increase in the infant mortality rate to 7.0
infant deaths per 1,000 live births, the first rise in the infant mortality rate since 1958. The …

Objective: This study was undertaken to determine the association, if any, between prenatal
care and postneonatal death in the presence and absence of high-risk pregnancy …

DUINc TıE PAsr DEcADE medical care of the fetus and mewborn infant has been intensified
to the extent that it has now become necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of new …

Some fraction of any cohort of fetuses alive at a given gestational age will ultimately die
before birth. The residual prospective risk of stillbirth as a function of gestational age was …