Definition

This is death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of viable conception. This viability is precisely what serves to differentiate between late foetal deaths and abortions. Currently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified the viability of the foetus with those born dead that weigh at least 500 grammes, and should this data not be available, with a gestational age of at least 22 weeks.

Source

Vital Statistics

Topic

• Demography and population

Statistical operations

(links to the Inventory of Statistical Operations)

• 30304 - Vital Statistics: Births
• 30417 - Deaths according to Cause of Death

Concepts associated

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