Table 2.
Gestational Age at Stillbirth and Timing of Stillbirth in Relation to Labor and Race/Ethnicitya
| Race/Ethnicity, No. (%) |
Timing of Stillbirth, No. (%)b |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor Characteristic |
Non-Hispanic White |
Non-Hispanic Black |
Hispanic | Other | Antepartum | Intrapartum | Total, No. (%) |
| Gestational age, wkb | |||||||
| 18–19 | 1 (0.5) | 8 (7.0) | 1 (0.6) | 0 | 3 (0.7) | 7 (8.0) | 10 (1.9) |
| 20–23 | 52 (28.4) | 48 (41.7) | 49 (27.8) | 11 (29.7) | 94 (22.1) | 66 (75.9) | 160 (31.3) |
| 24–27 | 38 (20.8) | 12 (10.4) | 31 (17.6) | 7 (18.9) | 84 (19.8) | 5 (5.7) | 89 (17.4) |
| 28–31 | 20 (10.9) | 19 (16.5) | 25 (14.2) | 8 (21.6) | 72 (16.9) | 0 | 72 (14.1) |
| 32–36 | 38 (20.8) | 14 (12.2) | 38 (21.6) | 7 (18.9) | 91 (21.4) | 6 (6.9) | 97 (19.0) |
| ≥37 | 34 (18.6) | 14 (12.2) | 32 (18.2) | 4 (10.8) | 81 (19.1) | 3 (3.4) | 84 (16.4) |
| Total No. | 183 | 115 | 176 | 37 | 425 | 87 | 512 |
| Antepartum | 166 (90.7) | 77 (67.0) | 150 (85.2) | 31 (83.8) | |||
| Intrapartum | 17 (9.3) | 38 (33.0) | 26 (14.8) | 6 (16.2) | |||
a
Race/ethnicity classification not available for 1 case.
b
Gestational age distribution varies by race/ethnicity (nominal P=.001) and intrapartum vs antepartum labor (nominal P<.001). Intrapartum/antepartum labor varies by race/ethnicity (nominal P<.001).