| Childbirth |
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| Other names | Labour and delivery, labor and delivery, partus, giving birth, parturition, birth, confinement |
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| Newborn baby and mother |
| Complications | Obstructed labour, postpartum bleeding, eclampsia, postpartum infection, birth asphyxia, neonatal hypothermia |
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| Causes | Pregnancy |
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| Prevention | Birth control, abortion |
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| Frequency | 135 million (2015) |
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| Deaths | 500,000 maternal deaths a year |
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Childbirth, also known as labour and delivery, is the ending of pregnancy where one or more babies leaves the uterus by passing through naturally or by Caesarean section. In 2015, there were about 135 million births globally.
About 15 million were born before 37 weeks of gestation, while between 3 and 12 percent were born after 42 weeks. view more...
