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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Apr;206(4):309.e1–309.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.01.014

Table 2.

Mortality Rates in Women With and Without Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)

Gestational Diabetes No Gestational or Pre-gestational Diabetes
GA Deliveries Stillbirth/10,000 ongoing pregnancies (95% CI) Neonatal Death/10,000 live births (95% CI) Infant Death/10,000 live births (95% CI) Deliveries Stillbirth/10,000 ongoing pregnancies (95% CI) Neonatal Death/10,000 live births (95% CI) Infant Death/10,000 live births (95% CI)
36 10445 3.3 (2.6 - 4.2) 10.6 (5.3 - 19.0) 19.3 (11.8 - 29.8) 155597 2.1 (2.0 - 2.3) 9.1 (7.7 - 10.8) 22.9 (20.6 - 25.4)
37 22,157 4.1 (3.2 - 5.1) 6.8 (3.8 - 11.2) 14.0 (9.5 - 19.9) 340,239 2.2 (2.1 - 2.4) 6.1 (5.3 - 7.0) 18.4 (17.0 - 19.9)
38 44,487 4.2 (3.2 - 5.3) 3.6 (2.1 - 5.9) 10.6 (7.8 - 14.1) 736,413 2.9 (2.7 - 3.1) 3.9 (3.5 - 4.4) 13.3 (12.5 - 14.2)
39 56,085 5.7 (4.4 - 7.2) 3.4 (2.0 - 5.3) 8.7 (6.5 - 13.2) 1,105,279 3.6 (3.4 - 3.9) 2.8 (2.5 - 3.1) 10.7 (10.1 - 11.4)
40 37,819 5.7 (3.9 - 7.9) 2.6 (1.3 - 4.9) 9.5 (6.7 - 13.2) 981,106 4.4 (4.1 - 4.7) 3.4 (3.1 - 3.8) 11.6 (10.9 - 12.3)
41 15,739 8.6 (5.2 - 13.5) 3.2 (1.0 - 7.4) 11.5 (6.8 - 18.1) 510,292 6.4 (5.8 - 7.0) 3.6 (3.1 - 4.2) 12.8 (11.9 - 13.9)
42 6,296 9.5 (3.5 - 20.7) 6.4 (1.7 - 16.3) 9.5 (3.5 - 20.8) 168,999 11.5 (10.0 - 13.3) 4.7 (3.7 - 5.8) 14.0 (12.3 - 15.9)
Total 193,028 17.1 (15.3 – 19.1) per 10,000 deliveries 4.2 (3.3 – 5.2) per 10,000 live births 10.7 per 10,000 live births (9.3 – 12.3) 3,997,925 12.7 (12.4 – 13.1) per 10,000 deliveries 3.8 (3.7 – 4.1) per 10,000 live births 14.0 (12.3 - 15.9) per 10,000 live births