A new way to measure perinatal mortality -- and why it matters
June 18, 2025
June 18, 2025
COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 18 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news:
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A new way to measure perinatal mortality -- and why it matters
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The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has adopted a new, broader definition of perinatal mortality -- deaths that occur around the time of birth. Until now, perinatal mortality included fetal deaths at 28 weeks of pregnancy or later and infant dea . . .
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A new way to measure perinatal mortality -- and why it matters
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The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has adopted a new, broader definition of perinatal mortality -- deaths that occur around the time of birth. Until now, perinatal mortality included fetal deaths at 28 weeks of pregnancy or later and infant dea . . .