title: Why are stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates continuing to fall?
abstract: The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys are producing new annual tabulations including one on population birthweight distribution, and birthweight/cause-specific perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality rates. With these data it will be easier to distinguish between falls in mortality rates due to primary prevention of the causes, and those due to secondary prevention as a result of improved medical technology. Examples are given of the use of such data.
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom