Stillbirth (fetal death)

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	482008
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 20/12/2016
Definition:	A fetal death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception of 20 or more completed weeks of gestation or of 400 grams or more birthweight. The death is indicated by the fact that after such separation the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles.
Context:	Perinatal statistics.

Collection and usage attributes
Comments:	Terminations of pregnancy performed at gestational ages of 20 or more weeks should be included in perinatal collections and should be recorded either as stillbirths or, in the unlikely event of showing evidence of life, as live births. Fetus papyraceous and fetus compressus are products of conception recognisable as a deceased fetus. These fetal deaths are likely to have occurred before 20 weeks gestation but should be included as stillbirths in perinatal collections if they are recognisable as a fetus and have been expelled or extracted with other products of conception at 20 or more weeks gestational age.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	National Perinatal Data Development Committee
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Stillbirth (fetal death) Health, Standard 03/12/2020 Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 24/12/2021 Supersedes Stillbirth (fetal death) Health, Superseded 07/03/2014
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Birth event—birth plurality, code N ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 02/04/2019 Birthweight Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Indigenous, Standard 02/04/2019 Tasmanian Health, Standard 24/06/2020 Female—parity ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 03/07/2020 Female—parity Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 11/06/2021 Female—parity, total pregnancies N[N] Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 11/06/2021 Female—parity, total pregnancies N[N] ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 03/07/2020 Perinatal DSS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 Perinatal DSS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 04/09/2015 Perinatal NBEDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Perinatal NBEDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 Perinatal NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Perinatal NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 20/11/2019 Perinatal NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Perinatal NMDS 2014-18 Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 Perinatal NMDS 2018-19 ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Perinatal NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Perinatal NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Pregnancy—birth plurality, code N Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021 Product of birth Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 24/06/2020 Product of birth—birthweight Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Tasmanian Health, Standard 03/07/2020 Product of birth—birthweight Health, Superseded 20/11/2019 Indigenous, Standard 02/04/2019 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 03/07/2020 Product of birth—birthweight, total grams N[NNN] Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Tasmanian Health, Standard 03/07/2020 Product of birth—birthweight, total grams N[NNN] Health, Superseded 20/11/2019