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perinatal mortality,

the statistical rate of fetal and infant death, including stillbirth, from 28 weeks of gestation to the end of the neonatal period of 4 weeks after birth. Perinatal mortality is usually expressed as the number of deaths in a given period per 1000 live births in a specific geographic area or program.

perinatal

relating to the period shortly before and after birth; the actual time varies between species. The last 10 to 15% of the pregnancy before parturition to the end of a comparable period after birth would cover present usage of the term.

perinatal mortality

the percentage of animals in the danger period which die, as a ratio of the total number exposed.

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perinatal mortality (redirected from Perinatal mortality rate)

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