Timing of Term Births and Associated Mortality Risks
Our last publication in BJOG explore term mortality rates in relation to rates of early term birth (GA 37+0 to 38+6 weeks), regarded as a proxy indicator of practices of elective birth by induction or caesarean. On average, the stillbirth rate was lower in countries where early-term birth rates were highest, but no difference was found in perinatal mortality rates.