NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMicrodata 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 01/2007 - 12/2007 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 Citation Contributors National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Suggested citation National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. United States NVSS Fetal Death Data 2007. Atlanta, United States of America: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021