Perinatal Mortality in Developing Countries
Open Access
- 19 May 2005
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 352 (20) , 2047-2048
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmp058032
Abstract
Each year, 10.7 million children under the age of five years die — 4 million during the first four weeks of life. Another 3.3 million are stillborn. And these are only the official reports. In the less developed countries, which account for 98 percent of reported neonatal deaths and 97 percent of reported stillbirths, these births and deaths are not always registered.Keywords
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