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

Title	International Comparisons of Fetal and Neonatal Mortality Rates in High-Income Countries: Should Exclusion Thresholds Be Based on Birth Weight or Gestational Age?
Published in	PLOS ONE, May 2013
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0064869
Pubmed ID	23700489
Authors	Ashna D. Mohangoo, Béatrice Blondel, Mika Gissler, Petr Velebil, Alison Macfarlane, Jennifer Zeitlin
Abstract	Fetal and neonatal mortality rates are essential indicators of population health, but variations in recording of births and deaths at the limits of viability compromises international comparisons. The World Health Organization recommends comparing rates after exclusion of births with a birth weight less than 1000 grams, but many analyses of perinatal outcomes are based on gestational age. 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.

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