Stillbirths: Contribution of preterm birth and size-for-gestational age for 125.4 million total births from nationwide records in 13 countries, 2000-2020.
Yemisrach Behailu OkwarajiLorena Suárez-IduetaEric O OhumaEllen BradleyJudith YargawaVeronica PingrayGabriela CormickAdrienne GordonVicki J FlenadyErzsébet Horváth-PuhóHenrik Toft SorensenLuule SakkeusLiili AbuladzeMohammed HeidarzadehNarjes KhaliliKhalid A YunisAyah Al BizriShamala Devi KaralasingamRavichandran JeganathanArturo BarrancoAimée E van DijkLisa BroedersFawziya AlyafeiMai AlQubaisiNeda RazazJonas SöderlingDavid J FieldRuth J MatthewsRachael WoodKirsten MonteathIsabel Pereyra-GonzálezGabriella PraviaSarka LisonkovaQi WenJoy E LawnHannah Blencowenull nullPublished in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology (2023)
In these high-quality data from high/middle income countries, almost three-quarters of stillbirths were born preterm and a fifth small-for-gestational age, with the highest stillbirth rates associated with the coexistence of preterm and SGA. Further analyses are needed to better understand patterns of gestation-specific risk in these populations, as well as patterns in lower-income contexts, especially those with higher rates of intrapartum stillbirth and SGA.