title: [Perinatal data between 1992 and 1996].
abstract: A change of Federal Law in Germany in 1994 required the registration of premature infants with birthweights between 500 and 1000 g the previous limit being 1000 g. The data of the National Bureau of Statistics (Statistisches Bundesamt) indicate that as a consequence overall perinatal mortality increased slightly with a clear increase in premature infants with a birthweight of less than 2500 g. In all other birthweight-specific subgroups, a further decrease in perinatal mortality was observed. Overall perinatal mortality in 1996 was 0.68%.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder und Jugendliche, Städtisches Krankenhaus Friedrichshafen.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rettwitz-Volk
mesh_terms: D001723:Birth Rate; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy