Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Dec;126(6):1146–1150. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001152

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.