Global Health Data Exchange - Discover the World's Health Data

United States NVSS Fetal Death Data 2008

Nav

General Info
Provider 
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Microdata access: Download
Geography 
United States of America (USA)
American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2008 - 12/2008
Series or system 
United States National Vital Statistics System (NVSS)
Data type
Vital registration:
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

In the United States, state laws require the reporting of fetal deaths, and federal law mandates national collection and publication of fetal death data. Fetal death data sets from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) are published annually. Information is abstracted from the Report of Fetal Death Forms received by the National Center for Health Statistics. The majority of fetal death tables published include only those fetal deaths with stated or presumed gestation of 20 weeks or more.

Keywords 
Abortion, Alcohol use, Antenatal care, Birth weight, Congenital anomalies, Ethnicity, Fertility, Summary birth history, Marital status, Multiple births, Parents, Place of delivery, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Race, Skilled birth attendants, Tobacco smoking, Weight change, Abortive outcome
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021