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Worldwide in 2021, there were an estimated 1.9 million stillbirths that occurred after 28 weeks of pregnancy (about 1 for every 72 births). [16] More than three-quarters of estimated stillbirths in 2021 occurred in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, with 47% of the global total in sub-Saharan Africa and 32% in South Asia. [17]
The World Health Organization defines perinatal mortality as the "number of stillbirths and deaths in the first week of life per 1,000 total births, the perinatal period commences at 22 completed weeks (154 days) of gestation, [3] and ends seven completed days after birth", [4] but other definitions have been used.
In 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that there were 4.1 million deaths of infants that were less than one year old. [15] WHO estimated an annual occurrence of 2.6 million stillbirths [16] and between 17 and 22 percent of pregnancies that result in miscarriage. [17]
Yet in the same span of time, a staggering 287,000 women worldwide died during and following pregnancy and childbirth—almost entirely from preventable causes. And yet very few rushed in to stop ...
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Maternal death or maternal mortality is defined in slightly different ways by several different health organizations. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines maternal death as the death of a pregnant mother due to complications related to pregnancy, underlying conditions worsened by the pregnancy or management of these conditions.
The CDC says that in 2022 the disease caused 231 stillbirths and 51 infant deaths. The federal agency says that 90 per cent of new cases could have been prevented with testing and treatment.
[15] [16] She worked with the World Health Organization (WHO) to identify that in 2008 there were 2.65 million stillbirths worldwide, with 67% occurring in rural families. [15] The report found that over 98% of the stillbirths worldwide were in middle and low-income families. [17] Lawn presented a Lancet TV series on Ending the Stillbirth ...