Table 2.

Birth weight, gestational age, and/or other criteria for stillbirth and live birth registration in selected high-income countries

Country	Stillbirth	Live birth	Termination of pregnancy
Sweden	≥28 weeks	Any signs of life	Included
Finland	≥22 weeks or ≥500 g	Any signs of life	Not included
Germany	≥500 g	Any signs of life	Not included
Czech Republic	≥22 weeks	≥500 g or any weight surviving first 24 h	Not included
Estonia	≥22 weeks or ≥500 g	Any signs of life	Not included
Poland	≥500 g	≥500 g	Not included
England and Wales	Legal limit of ≥24 weeks; voluntary notification at 22-23 weeks	Any signs of life	Included
United States	≥20 weeksa	Any signs of life	Not included
Latvia	≥22 weeks	Any signs of life	Not included
Netherlands	≥22 weeks or ≥500 g	≥24 weeks for civil registration; ≥16 weeks for perinatal registry	Included
Canada	≥20 weeks or ≥500 g	Any signs of life	Included
Australia	≥20 weeks or ≥400 g if gestation is unavailable	Any signs of life	Included
Denmark	≥28 weeks till 2003; ≥22 weeks from 2004	Any signs of life	Not included

Source: [22–24]

^aGestational age 20 weeks or greater in 25 states, 20 weeks of gestation or greater or 350-g or greater birth weight in 12 states, and various other definitions used in the remaining states [25, 26]