Feto-infant mortality

Description

Purpose and brief description The feto-infant mortality statistics are compiled on the basis of the declaration form of the death of a child under one year of age or of a stillborn child. Since 2010, the National Register has also been used to more accurately determine the relevant official life events and to check the main information. These statistics break down deaths into those before the age of one year old and infants who were stillborn, per gender, by administrative units of the country, by the main characteristics of the mother (age, civil status, state of union, level of education, professional status, nationality) and by certain characteristics of the delivery and of the newborns (location, way of giving birth, twin birth, weight, duration of the pregnancy, congenital defect). They also produce various indicators of feto-infant mortality and a breakdown of feto-infant deaths according to the age of death. Data collection method The feto-infant mortality statistics are compiled on the basis of two sources: the National Register of Natural Persons (NRPP) and the statistical declaration forms for a child under one year old or stillborn (Model IIID). These forms are an important source on infant mortality and provide a lot of information, especially health data. They also provide information about the circumstances of birth and about the parents of the deceased children. They are the only source of information on stillbirths or late fetal deaths. The information provided by the NR is less extensive, concerns only infant mortality, but is available more quickly; it contains the death of all children residing in Belgium (and therefore registered in the NR), regardless of whether the death took place in Belgium or abroad. Until 2009, these two sources were consolidated in relation to each other, but in the sense that the declaration forms served as a reference, with the NR being used mainly to provide the data that were missing or not requested on the declaration forms. Therefore, only the deaths (that took place in Belgium and were therefore) reported to the Belgian Registry Office were taken into account when compiling the infant mortality statistics, i.e. those for which the stated place of residence was a Belgian municipality. Since 2010, the statistics have been produced with the NR as reference. Henceforth, only the death of a child included in the NR will be taken into account. By using the NR, the death of a child abroad can be included in the statistics. It also makes it possible to acknowledge the death of children registered in the waiting register for refugees and asylum seekers. Population All feto-infant deaths Frequency Annually. Release calendar Results available 1 year after the reference period Definitions Deceased infant: death before the first birthday of a live-born child. Stillborn child: child who, at the time of birth, does not show any sign of life (such as breathing, heartbeat, pulsating of the umbilical cord, effective contraction of a muscle) and weighs at least 500 grams or, if the weight is unknown, had a gestational age of at least 22 weeks. Below this limit, we are talking about a premature fetal death that is not officially declared. Twin birth: Total number of births, including stillbirths, due to pregnancy Place of the child: Place of the child in the totality of living births to the mother Duration of the pregnancy: Duration of the pregnancy (in weeks) at the time of birth Way of giving birth: Type of assistance during birth Congenital defects: Presence of one or more congenital defects Weight: Weight (in grams) of the child at birth Apgar after 1 minute: Apgar score after 1 minute Apgar after 5 minutes: Apgar score after 5 minutes. Region: the child’s region of legal residence. In the case of a stillbirth: the mother’s region of habitual residence at the time of birth. Metadata Foeto-infantiele sterfte.pdf

Resources

Name Format Description Link
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/de/themen/bevoelkerung/mortalitaet-lebenserwartung-und-todesursachen/fetale-und
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/fr/themes/population/mortalite-et-esperance-de-vie/mortalite-foeto-infantile
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/mortality-life-expectancy-and-causes-death/feto-infant-mortality
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/mortality-life-expectancy-and-causes-death/feto-infant-mortality
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/fr/themes/population/mortalite-et-esperance-de-vie/mortalite-foeto-infantile
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/de/themen/bevoelkerung/mortalitaet-lebenserwartung-und-todesursachen/fetale-und
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/nl/themas/bevolking/sterfte-en-levensverwachting/foeto-infantiele-sterfte
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/mortality-life-expectancy-and-causes-death/feto-infant-mortality
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/fr/themes/population/mortalite-et-esperance-de-vie/mortalite-foeto-infantile
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/de/themen/bevoelkerung/mortalitaet-lebenserwartung-und-todesursachen/fetale-und
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/mortality-life-expectancy-and-causes-death/feto-infant-mortality
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/fr/themes/population/mortalite-et-esperance-de-vie/mortalite-foeto-infantile
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/de/themen/bevoelkerung/mortalitaet-lebenserwartung-und-todesursachen/fetale-und
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/fr/themes/population/mortalite-et-esperance-de-vie/mortalite-foeto-infantile
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/nl/themas/bevolking/sterfte-en-levensverwachting/foeto-infantiele-sterfte
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/nl/themas/bevolking/sterfte-en-levensverwachting/foeto-infantiele-sterfte
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/mortality-life-expectancy-and-causes-death/feto-infant-mortality
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/fr/themes/population/mortalite-et-esperance-de-vie/mortalite-foeto-infantile
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/nl/themas/bevolking/sterfte-en-levensverwachting/foeto-infantiele-sterfte
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/mortality-life-expectancy-and-causes-death/feto-infant-mortality
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/de/themen/bevoelkerung/mortalitaet-lebenserwartung-und-todesursachen/fetale-und
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/nl/themas/bevolking/sterfte-en-levensverwachting/foeto-infantiele-sterfte
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/de/themen/bevoelkerung/mortalitaet-lebenserwartung-und-todesursachen/fetale-und
54 https://statbel.fgov.be/nl/themas/bevolking/sterfte-en-levensverwachting/foeto-infantiele-sterfte

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  • population
  • mortalität,-lebenserwartung-und-todesursachen
  • mortalité-et-espérance-de-vie
  • bevölkerung
  • mortality,-life-expectancy-and-causes-of-death
  • bevolking
  • sterfte-en-levensverwachting

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