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Subconjunctival hemorrhage
is the breakage of small blood vessels in the eyes of a baby.
Childbearing years
The reproductive age span of women; conventionally defined as 15 through 44 years of age for the U.S. population.
Preterm birth
Birth at less than 37 completed weeks of gestation.
Perinatal
Period from 20 weeks gestation through 27 days after birth.
Rh factor
protein substance present in the red blood cells of most people, capable of inducing intense antigenic reactions.
Gestation period
Number of completed weeks elapsed between the first day of the last normal menstrual period and the date of delivery.
Vital statistics
Demographic data on induced abortions, births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages and divorces.
Postneonatal death
Death on or after the 28th day of life and before the first birthday. (See also infant death.)
Congenital anomaly
Physical, physiological, or metabolic abnormality existing before or at birth, but not necessarily detectable at birth.
Fetal death (stillbirth)
Death of a product of conception prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother, regardless of the length of gestation
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