Stillbirth as left truncation for early neonatal death in California, 1989-2015: a time-series study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some scholars posit that attempts to avert stillbirth among extremely preterm gestations may result in a live birth but an early neonatal death. The literature, however, reports no empirical test of this potential form of left truncation. We examine whether annual cohorts delivered at extremely preterm gestational ages show an inverse correlation between their incidence of stillbirth and early neonatal death.

Methods

We retrieved live birth and infant death information from the California Linked Birth and Infant Death Cohort Files for years 1989 to 2015. We defined the extremely preterm period as delivery from 22 to < 28 weeks of gestation and early neonatal death as infant death at less than 7 days of life. We calculated proportions of stillbirth and early neonat

SUBMITTER: Bruckner TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8252318 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature