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Stillbirth (fetal death)

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
METEOR identifier:Help on this term482008
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 03/12/2020
  • Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 20/12/2016
Definition:Help on this term

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:Help on this termPerinatal statistics.

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:Help on this term

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:Help on this termNational Perinatal Data Development Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Stillbirth (fetal death)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  • Health, Superseded 07/03/2014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:Help on this term
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  • Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
  • Indigenous, Superseded 02/04/2019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  • Health, Superseded 03/12/2020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  • Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 03/07/2020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  • Health, Superseded 03/12/2020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
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