Search results
Around 1.9 million stillbirths – babies born with no sign of life at 28 weeks of pregnancy or later – occurred worldwide in 2021. Many of these might have been prevented with proper care. According to the latest data, the global stillbirth rate last year was 13.9 stillbirths per 1,000 total births.
- Never Forgotten: The situation of stillbirth around the globe - UNICEF DATA
These six countries accounted for almost half of the...
- A neglected tragedy: The global burden of stillbirths 2020
One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, which means that...
- Never Forgotten: The situation of stillbirth around the globe - UNICEF DATA
If current trends continue, 15.9 million babies will be stillborn; nearly half of these (7.7 million, 48%) will occur in sub-Saharan Africa. With quality health care throughout pregnancy and childbirth, most stillbirths are preventable.
There are nearly 1.9 million stillbirths every year with over 40 per cent of all stillbirths occur during labour. The majority of stillbirths could be prevented with quality and respectful care during childbirth.
9 sty 2023 · These six countries accounted for almost half of the estimated global number of stillbirths and 36 per cent of global live births in 2021. The unequal burden of stillbirths is also observed within countries, as access to health care, maternal education and other socioeconomic factors differs.
28 sie 2021 · The GBD estimated a global stillbirth rate of 13·1 stillbirths (95% UI 12·5–13·9) per 1000 total births and 1·7 million stillbirths (95% UI 1·6–1·8) in 2016; our stillbirth rate estimate for the same year was 14·7 stillbirths (14·3–16·0) per 1000 total births and 2·1 million stillbirths (2·0–2·3).
8 paź 2020 · One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, which means that about 2 million babies are stillborn every year. While available data demonstrate that stillbirths are an increasingly critical global health problem, this traumatic loss of life remains a neglected issue in many countries.
8 paź 2020 · Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the first ever joint stillbirth estimates released by UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank Group and the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
