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. 2000 Aug;90(8):1303-6.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.90.8.1303.

Effect of nonviable infants on the infant mortality rate in Philadelphia, 1992

E Gibson  1 , J Culhane, T Saunders, D Webb, J Greenspan
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Effect of nonviable infants on the infant mortality rate in Philadelphia, 1992

E Gibson et al. Am J Public Health. 2000 Aug.

Abstract

Objectives: This report measured the effect of births at 22 weeks' gestation or earlier on infant mortality in Philadelphia, Pa.

Methods: The proportion of live-born deliveries at 22 weeks or earlier was calculated. Overall and race-specific infant mortality was calculated after excluding live-born deliveries at 22 weeks' gestation or earlier.

Results: Of all deliveries, 1.5% were at 22 weeks or earlier. Of these, 68% were stillborn and 32% were live-born. Large hospital-to-hospital variation in the proportion of live-born deliveries at 22 weeks' gestation or earlier was noted. When nonviable births were excluded, overall infant mortality decreased 40%.

Conclusions: The development of a standardized birth certificate policy is needed and will facilitate comparisons of infant mortality across spatial boundaries and racial/ethnic groups.

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