ArticleBJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology2025
Timing of Term Births and Associated Mortality Risks: Ecological Analysis Across 28 European Countries.
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objectiveTo explore term mortality rates in relation to rates of early-term birth (gestational ages 37 + 0 to 38 + 6 weeks), regarded as a proxy indicator of practices of elective birth by induction or caesarean.
designEcological study using national birth data.
setting28 European countries. POPULATION: Births ≥ 37 weeks between 2015 and 2020.
methodsAggregated data on live and stillbirths by completed week of gestation was compiled from routine sources in the Euro-Peristat network. Countries were divided into three groups based on their percentages of early-term births using terciles (high, medium and low) and mortality rates were compared between groups with random-effects meta-analysis of proportions.
main outcome measuresStillbirths (antepartum or intrapartum fetal death) and perinatal death (stillbirth or early neonatal death) per 1000 total births ≥ 37 weeks.
resultsEarly-term birth rates ranged from 17.8% (Iceland) to 49.1% (Cyprus), with terciles being < 21%, 21%-27%, and > 27%. Post-term birth rates were low in countries with higher early-term birth rates. The pooled stillbirth rate ≥ 37 weeks was 1.28 per 1000 total births (95% CI: 1.13-1.46) in the lowest tercile and 1.05 (95% CI: 0.95-1.16) in the highest (p = 0.05), but prediction intervals were wide reflecting heterogeneity within groups. No evidence of difference was seen between perinatal mortality rates by tercile (p = 0.71).
conclusionOn average, the stillbirth rate was lower in countries where early-term birth rates were highest, but no difference was found in perinatal mortality rates. Heterogeneity was high within groups.
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