CHAPTER 1

Question 1

The interval between the birth of a neonate born after 20 weeks’ gestation and the 28 completed days after that birth.

Answer 1

Perinatal period

Question 2

The complete expulsion or extraction from the mother of
a fetus after 20 weeks’ gestation.

Answer 2

Birth

Question 3

Fetuses weighing <500 g
are usually not considered births but rather are termed

Answer 3

Abortuses

Question 4

Neonatal weight determined immediately after delivery or as soon thereafter as feasible

Answer 4

Birthweight

Question 5

The number of live births per 1000 population

Answer 5

Birth rate

Question 6

The number of live births per 1000 females aged 15 through 44 years.

Answer 6

Fertility rate

Question 7

The term used to record a birth whenever the newborn at or sometime after birth breathes spontaneously or shows any other sign of life such as a heartbeat or definite
spontaneous movement of voluntary muscles.

Answer 7

Livebirth

Question 8

The absence of signs of life at birth

Answer 8

Stillbirth or fetal death

Question 9

Death of a liveborn neonate during the first 7 days at birth

Answer 9

Early neonatal death

Question 10

Death after 7 days but before 29 days

Answer 10

Late neonatal death

Question 11

The number of stillborn neonatesbper 1000 neonates born, including live births and stillbirths

Answer 11

Stillbirth rate or fetal death rate

Question 12

The number of neonatal deaths per 1000 live births

Answer 12

Neonatal mortality rate

Question 13

The number of stillbirths plus neonatal
deaths per 1000 total births.

Answer 13

Perinatal mortality rate

Question 14

All deaths of liveborn infants from birth through 12 months of age

Answer 14

Infant death

Question 15

The number of of infant deaths per 1000 klive births

Answer 15

Infant Mortality Rate

Question 16

newborn whose weight is <2500 g

Answer 16

Low birthweight

Question 17

newborn whose weight is <1500 g

Answer 17

Ver low birthweight

Question 18

newborn whose weight is <1000 g

Answer 18

Extremely low birthweight

Question 19

A neonate born any time after 37 completed
weeks’ gestation and up until 42 completed weeks’ gestation

Answer 19

Term neonate

Question 20

Refers to neonates born at 37 completed weeks up to 38th weeks

Answer 20

Early term

Question 21

Denotes those born at 39 completed weeks up to 40 weeks

Answer 21

Full term

Question 22

Describes neonates born at 41 completed weeks up to 41 weeks

Answer 22

Late term

Question 23

A neonate born before 37 completed weeks
(the 259th day)

Answer 23

Preterm neonate

Question 24

A neonate born before 34 completed weeks

Answer 24

Early preterm

Question 25

neonate born between 34 and 36 completed weeks

Answer 25

Late preterm

Question 26

neonate born any time after completion of the 42nd week, beginning with day 295

Answer 26

Postterm neonate

Question 27

Fetus or embryo removed or expelled from the uterus in the frst half of gestation—20 weeks or less, or in the absence of accurate dating criteria, born weighing <500 g.

Answer 27

Abortus

Question 28

The purposeful interruption of an intrauterine pregnancy that has the intention other than to produce a liveborn neonate and that does not result in a live birth

Answer 28

Induced termination of pregnancy

Question 29

The death of the mother that results from obstetrical complications of pregnancy, labor

Answer 29

Direct maternal death

Question 30

A maternal death that is not directly due to an obstetrical cause. Death results from previously existing disease or a disease developing during pregnancy,labor, or the puerperium that was aggravated by maternal physiological adaptation to pregnancy.

Answer 30

Indirect maternal death

Question 31

Death of a woman from direct or indirect obstetrical causes more than 42 days but less than 1 year after the pregnancy’s end

Answer 31

Late maternal death

Question 32

Death of the mother that results fr9m accidental or incidental causes not related to pregnancy.

Answer 32

Nonmaternal death

Question 33

The death of a woman, from any cause, while pregnant or within 1 calendar year of termination of pregnancy, regardless of the duration and the site of pregnancy

Answer 33

Pregnancy-associated death

Question 34

A pregnancy-associated death that results from: (1) complications o pregnancy itself, (2) the chain of events initiated by pregnancy that led to death, or (3) aggravation of an unrelated condition by the physiological or pharmacological effects of pregnancy and that subsequently caused deat

Answer 34

Pregnancy-related death

Question 35

The number of maternal deaths that result from the reproductive process per 100,000 live births

Answer 35

Maternal mortality ratio

Question 36

unintended events of labor and delivery resulting in serious short- or long-term consequences to a woman.

Answer 36

Severe maternal morbidity

Question 37

unplanned events caused by error that do not result in patient injury but have this potential

Answer 37

Near misses or close calls