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Table 4 Twenty-three indicators for the Scorecard’s 2021 inaugural edition

From: Ending preventable stillbirths and improving bereavement care: a scorecard for high- and upper-middle income countries

Stillbirth rates

 1.1 Stillbirth rate using global 28 weeks or more definition

 1.2 Stillbirth rate using national definition, if any

Other pregnancy outcomes

 2.1 Early neonatal death rate

 2.2 Late neonatal death rate

 2.3 Preterm birth rate

 2.4 Maternal mortality ratio

 2.5 Rate of adolescent pregnancies

 2.6 Rate of planned pregnancies

Equity

 3.1 Stillbirth Equity Ratio

 3.2 Rate of early and adequate antenatal care

 3.3 Rate of early and adequate antenatal care among disadvantaged subgroup

 3.4 Early and adequate antenatal care equity ratio

Quality (presence or absence)

 4.1 Universal maternity care

 4.2 National perinatal audit program

 4.3 Adequate perinatal pathologists

 4.4 Mechanisms for national collection of stillbirth data

 4.5 Government-funded stillbirth research program

 4.6 Classification system for causes of stillbirth

 4.7 National guidelines for bereavement care

 4.8 Identified mechanisms for stillbirth-related stigma reduction

 4.9 Stillbirth rate target

 4.10 Stillbirth equity target

 4.11 Antenatal care quality target