DDS Entity Definition: R_PERI_MORT

Name:

Perinatal Mortality Rate

Identifier:

R_PERI_MORT

Type:

Rate (R)

Definition:

PERINATAL:peri * 1000.0 / BIRTH_TOT:total

Display as:

Continuous time series

Text:

Stillbirths plus deaths under 1 week per thousand live births. This is the best measure of obstetric care, the overall infant mortality rate being influenced by nutrition, etc. In modern Britain the rate is so low that just one death more or less will have a big impact on an area's relative performance.

Rate "R_PERI_MORT" is contained within:

Themes:

Entity ID	Entity Name
T_VITAL	Life & Death

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Rate "R_PERI_MORT" contains no lower-level entities.