Birthrate Number of live births

1000 population

Fertility Rate Number of live births

1000 female population aged 15 to 44

Neonatal Mortality Rate Number or neonatal deaths

1000 live births

Infant Mortality Rate Number of infant deaths

1000 live births

Perinatal Mortality Rate Number of stillbirths + neonatal

deaths

1000 live births

Stillbirth rate Number of stillborn infants

(Fetal Death Rate) Number of infants born (stillborn and

live)

Maternal Mortality Ratio Number of maternal deaths

100,000 live births

Preterm Infant Born before 37 completed weeks

Term Infant Born anytime after 37 completed weeks of gestation
through 42 completed weeks of gestation

Post Term Infant Born anytime after completion of the 42nd week

Perinatal Period 22 weeks to 28 completed days after birth

Puerperium First 6 weeks after delivery of baby

Parturient Woman who is in labor

Puerpera Woman who has just given birth

Birth Complete expulsion or extraction from the mother of the

fetus, irrespective of whether the umbilical cord has been cut or the
placenta is attached

Live births Whenever the infant at or sometime after birth breathes

spontaneously, or shows any other sign of life such as
heart beat or definite spontaneous movement of voluntary
muscled, a live birth is recorded

Stillbirth None of the signs of life is present at or after birth

Abortion <20 weeks <500g or measuring less than 25 cm

Fetal Death >20 weeks but before birth

Perinatal Death >22 weeks to 28 completed days after birth

Neonatal Death Birth - 29 days (Early 1- 7 days, Late 8 - 29 days)

Infant Death Birth - 12 months

Extremely low birthweight <1000 grams

Very low birthweight <1500 grams

Low birthweight <2500 grams

Macrosomia (Big Baby Syndrome) >4000 grams

Direct Maternal Death

Death of the mother resulting from the obstetrical complication of pregnancy, labor
or puerperium and from interventions, omissions, incorrect treatment, or a chain of
events resulting from any of these factors.

Indirect Maternal Death Maternal

Death not directly due to obstetrical causes, but resulting from previously existing
disease, or a disease that developed during pregancy, labor, or puerperium, but
which was aggravated by maternal physiological adaptation to pregnancy

Nonmaternal Death
Death of the mother resulting from accidental or incidental causes in no way related
to the pregnancy