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Personal Author:
Valenzuela, Claudia P. ; Gregory, Elizabeth C.W. ; Martin, Joyce A.
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Corporate Authors:
National Center for Health Statistics ( U.S.)
Description:
Perinatal mortality (late fetal deaths at 28 completed weeks of gestation or more and early neonatal deaths under age 7 days) can be an indicator of the quality of health care before, during, and after delivery, and of the health status of the nation (1,2). The U.S. perinatal mortality rate declined 30% from 1990 to 2011, but was stable from 2011 through 2016 (1,3,4). This report presents trends in perinatal mortality as well as its components, late fetal and early neonatal mortality, for 2017 through 2019. Also shown are perinatal mortality trends by mother’s age, race and Hispanic origin, and state for 2017–2019.

Key findings

Data from the National Vital Statistics System

● The U.S. perinatal mortality rate declined by 4% from 2017 to 2019, to 5.69 perinata deaths per 1,000 live births and late fetal deaths in 2019.

● Late fetal and early neonatal mortality, the two components of perinatal mortality, each declined by 4% from 2017 through 2019.

● Perinatal mortality rates declined by 4%–5% for the three largest race and Hispanicorigin groups (non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic White, and Hispanic women) for 2017 through 2019.

● The perinatal mortality rate declined by 10% for women under age 20, from 7.61 in 2017 to 6.86 in 2019; declines for other age groups were not significant.

● Compared with 2017, perinatal mortality rates declined in 3 states and were essentially unchanged for 47 states and the District of Columbia in 2019.

Suggested citation: Valenzuela CP, Gregory ECW, Martin JA. Decline in perinatal mortality in the United States, 2017–2019. NCHS Data Brief, no 429. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:112643.

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Female Fetal Mortality Hispanic Or Latino Humans Infant, Newborn Infant Mortality Perinatal Death Perinatal Mortality Pregnancy Prenatal Care
Series:
NCHS data brief ; no. 429
Document Type:
Journal Issue
Name as Subject:
National Vital Statistics System (U.S.) ; National Vital Statistics System (U.S.)
National Vital Statistics System (U.S.) ; National Vital Statistics System (U.S.) Less -
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Statistics
Place as Subject:
United States
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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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