Maternal & Infant Health Research Registries
During the pandemic, tracking health outcomes is essential to improving care, developing policies and understanding the impact of this pandemic on maternal and infant health. Learn more about global research and registries that are tracking the data to ensure the health of mothers and babies.
COVID-19 Resources & Literature
A resource compiling up-to-date published literature on COVID-19 relating to mothers and babies. We have gathered scientifically sound research to help guide further studies or keep you up to date with the maternal child health population and COVID-19.
PeriStats has updated perinatal and late fetal mortality rates, 2014-2017. Perinatal mortality is defined as death to a fetus that is over 28 weeks of gestation and infants up to one week old. Late fetal mortality is defined as a death occurring after 28 weeks gestation but before birth. Perinatal and late fetal mortality are reported per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths.The Perinatal Mortality and Late Fetal Mortality indicators can be queried by maternal age, race and race/ethnicity.Two sources were utilized to calculate these counts and rates (see below).United States Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Division of Vital Statistics (DVS). Linked Birth / Infant Death Records 1995-2017, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program, on CDC WONDER Online Database.United States Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Division of Vital Statistics (DVS). Fetal Death Records 2005-2017, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program, on CDC WONDER Online Database.
PeriStats has updated perinatal and late fetal mortality rates, 2014-2017. Perinatal mortality is defined as death to a fetus that is over 28 weeks of gestation and infants up to one week old. Late fetal mortality is defined as a death occurring after 28 weeks gestation but before birth. Perinatal and late fetal mortality are reported per 1,000 live births and fetal deaths.
The Perinatal Mortality and Late Fetal Mortality indicators can be queried by maternal age, race and race/ethnicity.
Two sources were utilized to calculate these counts and rates (see below).
United States Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Division of Vital Statistics (DVS). Linked Birth / Infant Death Records 1995-2017, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program, on CDC WONDER Online Database.
United States Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Division of Vital Statistics (DVS). Fetal Death Records 2005-2017, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program, on CDC WONDER Online Database.