Table 1.
Traditional stillbirth rates by gestational age and race–ethnicity, United States, 2006 and 2012
| Gestational age (weeks) |
Total | Non-Hispanic white | Non-Hispanic black | Hispanic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2012 | 2006 | 2012 | 2006 | 2012 | 2006 | 2012 | |
| Total | 6.05 | 6.05 | 4.81 | 4.91 | 10.73 | 10.67 | 5.29 | 5.33 |
| 20–23 | 500.62 | 510.24 | 520.45 | 535.18 | 443.19 | 456.74 | 496.12 | 507.00 |
| 24–27 | 161.57 | 171.40* | 171.57 | 180.43 | 133.42 | 149.56* | 156.09 | 164.03 |
| 28–31 | 56.37 | 59.14 | 51.94 | 55.31 | 58.60 | 65.53* | 54.23 | 53.66 |
| 32–33 | 23.29 | 24.56 | 21.88 | 24.22 | 26.06 | 27.56 | 21.53 | 20.70 |
| 34–36 | 7.37 | 8.56* | 6.74 | 7.97* | 8.80 | 10.86* | 6.87 | 7.88* |
| 37 | 2.67 | 3.08* | 2.29 | 2.97* | 3.60 | 3.88 | 2.51 | 2.53 |
| 38 | 1.44 | 1.66* | 1.26 | 1.60* | 1.83 | 2.05 | 1.50 | 1.48 |
| 39 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.77 | 0.70 | 1.27 | 1.28 | 0.92 | 0.77 |
| 40 | 0.88 | 0.87 | 0.74 | 0.85 | 1.36 | 1.22 | 0.89 | 0.66* |
| 41 | 0.89 | 0.90 | 0.76 | 0.80 | 1.45 | 1.08 | 0.89 | 1.00 |
| 42+ | 1.76 | 1.69 | 1.59 | 1.46 | 2.31 | 2.19 | 1.75 | 1.87 |
statistically significant at p<.05.
Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vital statistics data available online. Fetal death data files. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/VitalStatsOnline.htm. Retrieved September 22, 2015.