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Question 703
Statistics → Epidemiology
Classification
Question
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Neonatal mortality
Question Stem
A liveborn baby dies 18 days after birth. How should this death be classified?
Options
A
Stillbirth only
B
Early neonatal death only
C
Neonatal death but not early neonatal death
D
Perinatal death by timing alone
E
It is excluded from neonatal mortality
Explanation
A neonatal death occurs within the first 28 days after live birth. An early neonatal death occurs within the first 7 days. A death at 18 days is therefore neonatal but not early neonatal.
Option Validity
A) the baby was liveborn, so the death is not a stillbirth.
B) 18 days is beyond the first 7 days of life.
D) a death at 18 days does not fall within the first-week component of perinatal mortality.
E) 18 days lies within the 28-day neonatal period.
Further Reading
Review the time definitions of early neonatal and neonatal mortality.