The use of birthweight and gestation to assess perinatal mortality risk.
Using extensive international data it is shown in detail how mortality is related to birthweight and gestation. It is demonstrated that the widely used 'birthweight for length of gestation' standards can be seriously misleading. A new 'high risk' classification is proposed.
D001724:Birth Weight; D003462:Cuba; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009520:New Zealand; D011247:Pregnancy; D012306:Risk; D013548:Sweden