Exercise 14:

Using the information in the table below, calculate (round to two decimal places) the newborn death rate for February at Macomb Community Hospital.(In this exercise, the deaths are included in the discharges).

Macomb Community Hospital

Newborn Unit

February 20XX

Births105

Discharges105

Deaths3

Answer:________________________

Fetal Death Rate:

A hospital fetal death is defined as a death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from the mother (in a hospital facility) of a product of human conception (fetus and placenta) regardless of the duration of the pregnancy.

Early Fetal Death:fewer than 20 weeks of gestation and a weight of 500 grams or less

Intermediate Fetal Death:twenty completed weeks of gestation (but less than 28 weeks) and a weight of 501-1,000 grams.

Late Fetal Death:Twenty-eightcompleted weeks of gestation and a weight of 1,001 grams or more.

Both Intermediate and Late fetal deaths constitute what is commonly termed a Stillbirth.The formula only includes these two fetal deaths.

Formula:

Total number of intermediate and/or late fetal deaths for a period x 100

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Total number of live births + intermediate and late fetal deaths for the period

Exercise 15:

Using the information in the table below, calculate (round to two decimal places) the fetal death rate at Macomb Community Hospital for the year.(In this exercise, deaths are included in the discharges.)

Macomb Community Hospital

Newborn Service

Jan-Dec 20XX

Live Births276

Newborn Discharges279

Newborn Deaths3

Fetal Deaths

Early4

Intermediate3

Late2

Answer:________________________

Gross Autopsy Rate:

Is the proportion of deaths that are followed by the performance of an autopsy.It is the ratio of during any given time period of all inpatient autopsies to all inpatient deaths.

Formula:

Total autopsies on inpatient deaths for a period x 100

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Total inpatient deaths for the period