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. 2021 Jun 15;2021:6665573. doi: 10.1155/2021/6665573

Table 1.

Definitions used in the present study.

Terminology Description
Antenatal care Antenatal care (ANC) refers to the fundamental, clinical, and nursing care suggested for ladies during pregnancy
Neonate A neonate or a newborn infant is a child under 28 days of age
Neonatal death A death during the first 28 days of life (0–27 days) is termed as a neonatal death
Live birth A birth at which a child is born alive is termed as live birth
Term birth A birth at the end of a normal duration of pregnancy between 37 and 40 weeks of gestation is termed as term birth
Maternal death A maternal death is the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy
Stillbirth Stillbirth is the delivery, after the 20th week of pregnancy, of a baby who has died
Abortion Termination of a pregnancy either medically or induced
Miscarriage Natural loss of pregnancy during first trimester
Gestational age Gestational age (GA) refers to the time from the first day of a woman's last menstrual period to birth