CHAPTER 1 Flashcards
The interval between the birth of a neonate born after 20 weeks’ gestation and the 28 completed days after that birth.
Perinatal period
The complete expulsion or extraction from the mother of
a fetus after 20 weeks’ gestation.
Birth
Fetuses weighing <500 g
are usually not considered births but rather are termed
Abortuses
Neonatal weight determined immediately after delivery or as soon thereafter as feasible
Birthweight
The number of live births per 1000 population
Birth rate
The number of live births per 1000 females aged 15 through 44 years.
Fertility rate
The term used to record a birth whenever the newborn at or sometime after birth breathes spontaneously or shows any other sign of life such as a heartbeat or definite
spontaneous movement of voluntary muscles.
Livebirth
The absence of signs of life at birth
Stillbirth or fetal death
Death of a liveborn neonate during the first 7 days at birth
Early neonatal death
Death after 7 days but before 29 days
Late neonatal death
The number of stillborn neonatesbper 1000 neonates born, including live births and stillbirths
Stillbirth rate or fetal death rate
The number of neonatal deaths per 1000 live births
Neonatal mortality rate
The number of stillbirths plus neonatal
deaths per 1000 total births.
Perinatal mortality rate
All deaths of liveborn infants from birth through 12 months of age
Infant death
The number of of infant deaths per 1000 klive births
Infant Mortality Rate