Review stillbirth-related risk factors in a simplified educational worksheet that compares selected factors with broad population baseline rates.
Stillbirth — the loss of a baby at 20 or more weeks of pregnancy — is a serious pregnancy outcome, and risk discussion is often easier when the major contributing factors are summarized in one place. This page turns common epidemiologic factors into a worksheet that is easier to discuss than a raw number alone.
The Stillbirth Risk Assessment Calculator combines gestational-age baseline rates with selected relative-risk factors such as maternal age, BMI, medical conditions, and lifestyle exposures. The result is a simplified worksheet output rather than a validated patient-specific stillbirth prediction model.
This calculator is designed as an educational tool to help pregnant individuals understand how selected factors can shift risk context and to support informed conversations with their healthcare providers. It is not a diagnostic tool and should never replace professional medical assessment.
Stillbirth risk is easier to discuss when the major influences are separated into gestational age, maternal factors, and modifiable exposures. This calculator keeps those pieces together so the worksheet can support questions for an obstetric visit without turning the result into a single individualized prediction.
This page combines gestational-age baseline rates with literature-based odds ratios for selected factors. Baseline rates are shown as population reference values by gestational age. The odds ratios on this page are displayed as educational context only and should not be treated as a validated individualized prediction formula.
Result: Baseline 2.8 per 1,000 at 28 weeks; 2 worksheet factors selected
With a baseline of 2.8 per 1,000 at 28 weeks, age ≥35 and obesity appear as two literature-based worksheet factors. The page uses those relative-risk figures as educational comparison context, not as a validated individualized stillbirth predictor.
Stillbirth risk factors fall into two categories: modifiable and non-modifiable. Non-modifiable factors include maternal age over 35, history of previous stillbirth, multiple gestation, and certain chronic medical conditions. Modifiable factors include smoking, obesity, substance use, and inadequate prenatal care.
The strongest evidence-based risk factor is a history of previous stillbirth, which increases the risk approximately 5-fold. That kind of history changes how clinicians frame the pregnancy, but this page does not turn it into an individualized care plan.
Stillbirth risk varies significantly across pregnancy. The highest risk periods are before 28 weeks (primarily due to congenital anomalies and preterm placental failure) and after 40+6 weeks (due to post-maturity and placental insufficiency). The lowest risk period is 37-38 weeks.
This U-shaped pattern of risk by gestational age is one reason gestational timing remains an important obstetric topic. The worksheet shows the baseline pattern for context only and does not tell an individual pregnancy when delivery should occur.
The output is best used to structure a conversation about baseline risk patterns and selected literature-based factors, not to forecast an individual pregnancy with precision. If the clinical picture is concerning, direct obstetric review matters more than any worksheet number.
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This worksheet combines gestational-age baseline rates with literature-based relative-risk context to summarize selected stillbirth factors. It is an educational risk-context aid, not a validated individual prediction model.
In the U.S., about 1 in 160 pregnancies (6.2 per 1,000) result in stillbirth after 20 weeks. The rate is highest before 28 weeks and after 41 weeks, with a nadir around 37-38 weeks.
The strongest risk factors are previous stillbirth (OR 5.0), fetal growth restriction (OR 3.9), pre-existing diabetes (OR 2.9), and systemic lupus erythematosus (OR 3.0).
Not every stillbirth is preventable, and this page does not estimate preventability. The practical value of the worksheet is to highlight which factors are present so they can be discussed in context with an obstetric clinician.
Population stillbirth rates rise after 39 weeks, in part because placental reserve may decline as pregnancy continues. The page shows that baseline pattern for context only and does not suggest a management plan from the number alone.
This provides a population-level estimate using published odds ratios. Individual risk depends on many factors not captured here, including placental function, fetal anatomy, and genetic factors.
Decreased fetal movement can be an early warning sign that deserves prompt obstetric review. This page treats fetal-movement awareness as part of the broader pregnancy discussion rather than as a stand-alone prevention guarantee.