Analysis of three Indian national family-health surveys estimates stillbirth at 20-, 24- and 28-week thresholds and maps state and district variation. Earlier gestational thresholds expose losses that routine 28-week reporting can systematically miss.
Key findings
- Analysis of three Indian national family-health surveys estimates stillbirth at 20-, 24- and 28-week thresholds and maps state and district variation. Earlier gestational thresholds expose losses that routine 28-week reporting can systematically miss.
Why this matters globally
This work adds internationally comparable evidence in Health sciences and defines questions for replication in other populations or systems. Its global value lies in the evidence and transferable reasoning, not in a single impact score.
Thai researcher contribution
Thailand-linked authors and Mahidol University contribute to the research network behind this work. Thai participation is identified from bibliographic affiliations and should be checked against the author list and source article.
Limitations to consider
Association is not causation; confounding, selection and measurement error may explain part of the result.