The ratio of fetal deaths divided by the sum of the births (the live births + the fetal deaths) in that year. In the United States, the fetal mortality rate plummeted from 19.2 per 1,000 births in 1950 to 9.2 per 1,000 births in 1980.
FETAL MORTALITY RATE
Meaning of FETAL MORTALITY RATE in English
English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012