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External cause of death
Death caused by accidents and adverse effects
Postneonate
An infant between 28 days and one year of age.
Very low birth weight
A birth weight less than 1500 grams, or less than 3 pounds, 5 ounces.
Vital statistics
Demographic data on induced abortions, births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages and divorces.
Natality
Birth as a component of population change.
Cephalohematoma
Is an area of bleeding underneath one of the cranial bones. It often appears several hours after birth as a raised lump on the baby's head.
Live birth
The complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, regardless of the duration of the pregnancy, which after expulsion shows any vital signs (heart beat, voluntary breathing, umbilical cord pulsation, or voluntary muscle movem
AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
Neonatal death
Death prior to the 28th day of life.
Congenital anomaly
Physical, physiological, or metabolic abnormality existing before or at birth, but not necessarily detectable at birth.
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