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The expression foetal mortality ¹ is used for deaths prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception (602-6) irrespective of the duration of pregnancy (603-3). The terms intra-uterine mortality ¹ or mortality in utero ¹ may also be used. The corresponding deaths are called foetal deaths ² or intra-uterine deaths ². Early foetal mortality ³ occurs before the twentieth week of gestational life, while intermediate foetal mortality ⁴ occurs between the twentieth and the 28th week of gestation. After the twenty-eighth week, one refers to late foetal mortality ⁵ and the product is called a late foetal death ⁵ or, popularly, a stillbirth ⁵. Perinatal mortality ⁶ includes late foetal mortality and a portion of infant mortality that may include either early neo-natal deaths, or all neo-natal deaths.

• 1. Foetal - also spelled fetal.
• 2. Also designated as pregnancy wastage. These terms include abortions (603-5), miscarriages (604-1) and stillbirths.
• 3. Early foetal deaths are also popularly known as miscarriages.
• 5. Stillbirth, n. - stillborn, adj. In certain countries, including France, children born alive who died before registration may be legally included among the stillborn, and are called false stillbirths.
• 6. The corresponding deaths are called perinatal deaths.

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