Table 1. Incidence of amniotic fluid embolism.

Country	Period	Incidence (n/100000 births)	Case-related mortality	Perinatal mortality
Australia*1	2001 to 2007	3.3	35%	32%
USA*1	1999 to 2003	7.7	21.6%	No data
Canada*1	1991 to 2002	6.0	13%	No data
U.K.*2	2005 to 2009	2.0	20%	13.5%
The Netherlands*2	2004 to 2006	2.5	11%	38.1%

^*1Retrospective population-based studies

^*2Case-related validation from prospective studies

Modified according to (12), Knight M. et al.: BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth 2012; 12: 7