International Comparisons of Fetal and Neonatal Mortality Rates in High- Income Countries: Should Exclusion Thresholds Be Based on Birth Weight or Gestational Age?

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RIV/00023698:_____/13:#0000147

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

International Comparisons of Fetal and Neonatal Mortality Rates in High- Income Countries: Should Exclusion Thresholds Be Based on Birth Weight or Gestational Age?

Original language description

We compared the effects of using a 1000-gram birth weight or a 28-week gestational age threshold on reported rates of fetal and neonatal mortality in Europe. Methods: Aggregated data from 2004 on births and deaths tabulated by birth weight and gestational age from 29 European countries/regions participating in the Euro-Peristat project were used to compute fetal and neonatal mortality rates using cut-offs of 1000-grams and 28-weeks (2.8 million total births). We measured differences in rates between andwithin countries using the Wilcoxon signed rank test and 95% confidence intervals, respectively. Principal Findings: For fetal mortality, rates based on gestational age were significantly higher than those based on birth weight (p, 0.001), although these differences varied between countries. The use of a 1000-gram threshold included 8823 fetal deaths compared with 9535 using a 28-week threshold (difference of 712). In contrast, the choice of a cut-off made little difference for comparis

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FK - Gynaecology and obstetrics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

PLoS One

ISSN

1932-6203

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Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

"e64869; 1"-7

UT code for WoS article

000319966400066

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