1C. FETAL, PERINATAL, ANDMATERNAL DEATHS
Figure1C-1
Trends in Fetal Deaths, Arizona, 2003-2013
Note: All reported includes spontaneous and induced termination of pregnancy at 20 ormore weeks of gestation or 350 grams
ormore and some stillbirths prior to 20 weeks and of any weight.
The number of all reported fetal deaths
in Arizona (including late term
abortions) in 2013 was 775, an 18.5
percent increase from 2012 (
Figure
1C-1
,
Table 1C-3
). In 2013, the
annual
number
of
reportable
spontaneous fetal losses increased
16.0 percent from 2012, but remained
lower than the recent high of 583 in
2007 (
Figure 1C-1
,
Table1C-3
).
Figure1C-2
Fetal
a
andPerinatal
b
MortalityRates, Arizona, 2003?2013
Notes:
a
Rate is the number of events per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths.
b
Infant deaths of less than 7 days and fetal deaths with
gestation of 28 weeks ormore, per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths.
Perinatal mortality refers here to death
of a fetus of at least 28 weeks
gestational age, or of an infant less
than 7 days old. The perinatal death
rate per 1,000 live births and fetal
deaths remained stable at 5.7/1,000 in
2012 and 2013 (
Figure 1C-2, Table
1C-3
).
Early infant deaths accounted for 221
or 45.8 percent of the 483 perinatal
deaths in 2013 (
Figure 1C-2
,
Table
1C-3
).
The fetal mortality rate of 6.4 fetal
deaths at 20 or more weeks of
gestation per 1,000 live births in 2013
was the highest rate in the past
decade, while the actual number of
reportable spontaneous fetal losses
was lower than the recent high of 583
reportable spontaneous fetal loses
occurring in 2007. The number of
spontaneous fetal losses in 2013 (n =
545) was 16.0 percent greater than
the 470 spontaneous fetal losses
reported in 2011 and 2012.
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Arizona Health Status and Vital Statistics 2013
