Statistics and Stories

About 1 pregnancy in 100 at 20 weeks of pregnancy and later is affected by stillbirth (cdc.gov)

Each year about 24,000 babies are stillborn in the United States (cdc.gov)

1 in 4 women will lose a baby during pregnancy, delivery, or infancy (starlegacyfoundation.org)

It is estimated that nearly 2/3 of all stillbirth deaths remain unexplained (starlegacyfoundation.org)

3/4 of all newborn deaths occur in the first week of life (who.int)

Each year 3 million infants die within one week and almost 2 million on their first day of life (who.int)

Every year nearly 41% of all under-five child deaths are among newborn infants, babies in their first 28 days of life or the neonatal period (who.int)

A child’s risk of death in the first four weeks of life is nearly 15 times greater than any other time before his or her first birthday (who.int)

October is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month