Evolving stillbirth rates among Black and White women in the United States, 1980-2020: A population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given slowing secular declines and persistent racial disparities, stillbirth remains a major health burden in the US. We investigate changes in stillbirth rates overall and for Black and White women, and determine how maternal age, delivery year (period), and birth year (cohort) have shaped trends.

Methods

We designed a sequential time-series analysis utilising the 1980 to 2020 US vital records data of live births and stillbirths at ≥24 weeks gestation. Stillbirth rates overall and among Black and White women were examined. We undertook an age-period-cohort analysis to evaluate temporal changes in stillbirth trends.

Findings

Of 157,192,032 live births and 710,832 stillbirths between 1980 and 2020, stillbirth rates per 1000 births declined from 10.6 (95% con

SUBMITTER: Ananth CV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9903913 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature