The ratio of fetal deaths to 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.
MORTALITY RATE, FETAL
Meaning of MORTALITY RATE, FETAL in English
English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012