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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]
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]
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. [5]
The 2022 fetal mortality rate among Black mothers remained higher than the national rate in 1990.
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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.
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. [145] Still births are more common in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. [141] Stillbirth rates have declined, though more slowly since the 2000s. [146]
The group had championed for the legislation as part of its decades-long efforts to prevent stillbirths, which growing research has shown can be prevented in as many as 1 in 4 cases.