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Descriptor English: Perinatal Mortality
Descriptor Spanish: Mortalidad Perinatal
Descriptor mortalidad perinatal
Scope note: Muertes que tienen lugar entre la semana 28 de GESTACIÓN y el séptimo día después del nacimiento.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mortalidade Perinatal
Descriptor French: Mortalité périnatale
Entry term(s): Mortalities, Perinatal
Mortality, Perinatal
Perinatal Mortalities
Tree number(s): E05.318.308.985.550.475.500
N01.224.935.698.489.500
N06.850.505.400.975.550.475.500
N06.850.520.308.985.550.475.500
SP5.467.413.330.903.679
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054238
Scope note: Deaths occurring from the 28th week of GESTATION to the 28th day after birth in a given population.
Annotation: a statistical concept & not a substitute for / mortal with FETAL DISEASES; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES or specific diseases; do not confuse with PERINATAL DEATH; add geographic term if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
HI history
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Infant Mortality (1965-2007)
Public MeSH Note: 2008; see INFANT MORTALITY 1990-2007
History Note: 2008; use INFANT MORTALITY 1990-2007
Entry Version: PERINATAL MORTAL
Related: Infant Death MeSH
Infant Mortality MeSH
Perinatal Death MeSH
DeCS ID: 52870
Unique ID: D054238
NLM Classification: WA 900
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 2017/07/03
Perinatal Mortality - Preferred
Concept UI M0011275
Scope note Deaths occurring from the 28th week of GESTATION to the 28th day after birth in a given population.
Preferred term Perinatal Mortality
Entry term(s) Mortalities, Perinatal
Mortality, Perinatal
Perinatal Mortalities



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