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QuickStats: Fetal Mortality Rates,* by Period of Gestation ---
United States, 1990--2005
* Per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths.
In 2005, the fetal mortality rate in the United States was 6.2 fetal deaths of
>20 weeks' gestation per 1,000 live births and
fetal deaths. From 1990 to 2003, the rate declined 17% because of a decrease in late fetal deaths
(>28 weeks' gestation); the fetal mortality rate for 20--27 weeks' gestation did not decline. From 2003 to 2005, the rate did not decline for either
gestational age grouping.
SOURCE: MacDorman MF, Kirmeyer S. Fetal and perinatal mortality, United States, 2005. Natl Vital Stat Rep 2009;57(8).
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