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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.
[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 ...
The 2022 fetal mortality rate among Black mothers remained higher than the national rate in 1990.
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.
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Worldwide in 2019 there were about 2 million stillbirths that occurred after 28 weeks of pregnancy, this equates to 1 in 72 total births or one every 16 seconds. [147] Still births are more common in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. [143] Stillbirth rates have declined, though more slowly since the 2000s. [148]
By 2017, the world maternal mortality rate had declined 44% since 1990; however, every day 808 women die from pregnancy or childbirth related causes. [6] According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 2017 report, about every 2 minutes a woman dies because of complications due to child birth or pregnancy. For every woman who dies ...