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Infant mortality rate
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number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1000 live births in a given population
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Maternal mortality rate
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the number of maternal deaths from any cause during the pregnancy cycle per 100,000 live births
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Birth rate
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number of live births per 1000 population
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Gestation
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period of intrauterine development from conception through birth; pregnancy. The number of weeks since the last day of the menstrual period.
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Nageles rule
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a method of determining the estimated DOB (EDB): after obtaining the first day of the last menstrual period, subtract three months and add 7 days
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EDC or EDD
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estimated date of confinement or estimated "due date"
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Antepartum
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time between conception and the onset of labor, usu used to describe the period during which a woman is pregnant
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Intrapartum
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the time from the onset of true labor until the birth of the infant and delivery of the placenta
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Postpartum
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after childbirth or delivery, time form birth until the womans body returns to an essentially pre preg condition, 6 weeks.
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Perinatal
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pertaining to the time and process of giving birt or being born, 20 wks gestation until 28 days after birth
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Labor
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the process by which a the fetus is expelled from the maternal uterus. Also called child birth, confinement, or parturition
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Gravida
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any pregnancy, regardless of duration, including present pregnancy ( Miscarriages count)
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Para
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a woman who has born offspring who have reached the age of viability, birth after 20 weeks gestation regadless of whether the infant is born alive or dead. Each delivery is one birth experience (twins=1)
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Nullipara
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A woman who has notdelivered a viable fetus
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Primipara
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a woman who has given birth to her 1st child (past point of viability), whether or not tht child is living or was alive at birth.
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Multipara
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wman who has had more than one pregnancy in which the fetus was viable.
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Abortion
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Loss of preg before the fetus is viable outside teh uterus; miscarriage. Birth tht occours before the end of the 20 weeks gestation.
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Stillbirth
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the delivery of a dead infant after 20 weeks gestation.
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Premature or preterm labor
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labor occouring between 20 and 38 wks of pregnancy.
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Prematurity
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born before 38 wks gestation
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postterm
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born after 42 wks gestation
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Viable
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capable of growing , developing, and otherwise sustaining life, such as a normal human fetus at 24 weeks gestation.
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