Case Fatality Rates Associated with Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period: United States, 1986 through 1987.

Discusses the severity of conditions originating in the perinatal period by estimating the proportion of deaths that occur among infants in the United States from 1986-1987 using weighted estimates to calculate morbidity and case fatality rates (CFR) for perinatal conditions. Newborn morbidity and infant mortality due to causes originating in the perinatal period; CFR associated with conditions originating in the perinatal period by race.