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Table 2 Fetal Characteristics by Risk of Stillbirth, Global Network Sites 2010–2018

From: Stillbirth 2010–2018: a prospective, population-based, multi-country study from the Global Network

 

Stillbirth

Live birth

RR1 for stillbirth vs. live birth (95% CI)

Births, N

15,604

536,943

 

GA, N (%)

14,695

521,904

 

 Preterm

8786 (59.8)

63,785 (12.2)

8.6 (7.8, 9.5)

 Term

5909 (40.2)

458,119 (87.8)

1.0

Birth weight, N (%)

14,457

536,819

 

 < 2500 g

9121 (63.1)

71,369 (13.3)

9.3 (8.4, 10.4)

 ≥ 2500 g

5336 (36.9)

465,450 (86.7)

1.0

Gender, N (%)

14,037

536,883

 

 Male

7777 (55.4)

276,529 (51.5)

1.2 (1.1, 1.2)

 Female

6260 (44.6)

260,354 (48.5)

1.0

Multiple, N (%)

14,932

536,880

 

 Yes

865 (5.8)

9779 (1.8)

2.9 (2.7, 3.2)

 No

14,067 (94.2)

527,101 (98.2)

1.0

Breech presentation, N (%)

15,535

536,413

 

 Yes

1259 (8.1)

10,829 (2.0)

3.6 (3.3, 4.1)

 No

14,276 (91.9)

525,584 (98.0)

1.0

  1. 1Relative Risks are modeled assuming a binomial distribution with a log link and accounting for clustering within each MNH site