TABLE 2.
Frequency of stillbirth by probable or possible cause, presence of labor, and timing in gestation1
| Timing of stillbirth, n (%) |
Gestational age, wk, n (%) |
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| Cause of death | Total, n (%) | Antepartum | Intrapartum | 16–19 | 20–27 | 28–36 | ≥37 |
| Placental abruption | 173 (26) | 100 (19) | 73 (50) | 58 (24) | 58 (29) | 52 (37) | 5 (6.3) |
| Placental disease | 157 (24) | 143 (28) | 14 (9.7) | 25 (10) | 58 (29) | 53 (38) | 21 (27) |
| Obstetric complications | 151 (23) | 19 (3.7) | 132 (91) | 75 (32) | 60 (30) | 10 (7.2) | 6 (7.6) |
| Infection | 123 (19) | 84 (16) | 39 (27) | 55 (23) | 40 (20) | 18 (13) | 10 (13) |
| Maternal medical complications | 105 (16) | 98 (19) | 7 (4.8) | 13 (5.5) | 27 (13) | 50 (36) | 15 (19) |
| Fetal genetic structural abnormalities | 99 (15) | 89 (17) | 10 (6.9) | 32 (14) | 31 (15) | 24 (17) | 12 (15) |
| Umbilical cord abnormalities | 72 (11) | 61 (12) | 11 (7.6) | 9 (3.8) | 24 (12) | 18 (13) | 21 (27) |
| Other | 12 (1.8) | 10 (2.0) | 2 (1.4) | 3 (1.3) | 6 (3.0) | 2 (1.4) | 1 (1.3) |
| Any cause | 544 (83) | 399 (78) | 145 (100) | 171 (72) | 179 (87) | 130 (93) | 71 (87) |
| Total | 658 (100) | 513 (100) | 145 (100) | 237 (100) | 203 (100) | 139 (100) | 79 (100) |
1
Numbers for causes of death do not equal the total because some cases had multiple causes.