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The expression ?reproductive and perinatal health? refers to a variety of health and sociodemographic characteristics of
women who became pregnant, factors related to the course of their pregnancies, and the status of pregnancy outcomes. In
this report, pregnancies are measured as the sum of three components:
live births
(see Section 1B),
spontaneous
terminations of pregnancy
(fetal deaths or stillbirths; Section 1C), and
abortions
(Section 1D).
There were 98,762 pregnancies in Arizona in 2013 compared to 99,324 in 2012 and 110,155 in 2008. The number of
resident live births decreased 0.9 percent from 85,725 in 2012 to 84,963 in 2013 (
Table 1A-1
). The number of reported
abortions increased 1.0 percent from 13,129 in 2012 to 13,254 in 2013. The number of reportable spontaneous fetal losses
increased 16.0 percent from 470 in 2012 to 545 in 2013.
Arizona Health Status and Vital Statistics 2013
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