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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Registry Manag. 2014 Spring;41(1):13–18.

Table 3.

Distribution of stillbirths by pregnancy outcome, initial source of identification, and linkage status, metropolitan Atlanta, 2006 and 2008

Pregnancy Outcome Linked Did Not Link Total
Identified by MACDP Identified by FDC Identified by MACDP Identified by FDC
Stillbirth with birth defect 82 4 17 0 103
Stillbirth without birth defect 520 130 139 2 791
Stillbirth due to induction of labor for birth defect 31 0 30 0 61
Stillbirth due to induction of labor for other pregnancy complication* 32 5 12 0 49
Total 665 139 198 2 1004**

MACDP, Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program; FDC, fetal death certificates

*

Complications such as chorioamnionitis, premature rupture of membranes, and pre-eclampsia

**

Does not include 30 stillbirths for which no medical record could be found and 26 that delivered in a county outside MACDP catchment area