Fetal Death Statistics: 2005


TABLE 3  Number and Percent Distribution of Fetal Deaths
         by Ten Leading Causes of Deaths: 2005

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Rank  Cause of Death                                    ICD - 10   Number   Percent
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All causes                                                   ...   10,351     100.0

Ten leading causes of deaths                                 ...    7,696      74.4

1     Disorders related to short gestation
        and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified       P07    5,474      52.9
2     Intrauterine hypoxia                                   P20    1,051      10.2
3     Other congenital malformations,
        not elsewhere classified                             Q89      344       3.3
4     Disorders related to long gestation
        and high birth weight                                P08      260       2.5
5     Other intestinal obstructions of newborns              P76      129       1.2
6     Anencephaly and similar malformations                  Q00      126       1.2
7     Fetuses and newborns affected by complications
        of placenta, cord, and membranes                     P02       99       1.0
8     Bacterial sepsis of newborns                           P36       72       0.7
9     Congenital hydrocephalus                               Q03       71       0.7
10    Other conditions of integument specific
        to fetuses and newborns                              P83       70       0.7

All other causes                                                    2,655      25.6

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Note:  *ICD-10 - International Classification of Diseases endorsed
  by the World Health Organization in May 1990.

Source:  National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division

Page last updated:  May 22, 2008