Term: Gestational Age

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2008-06-11

Definition:

Gestational age is approximated from the age of a newborn infant from the first day of the woman's last menstrual period to birth and is often reported in weeks of gestation. The average gestational age of a newborn is 37 weeks.

Related concepts 

• Size for Gestational Age

Related terms 

• Appropriate-for-Gestational-Age (AGA)
• Early Preterm Birth
• Early Term Birth
• Gestation
• Infant Mortality
• Large-for-gestational-age (LGA)
• Late Preterm Birth
• Newborn Separation Abstract
• Postterm Birth
• Preterm Birth
• Revised-Graduated Prenatal Care Utilization Index (R-GINDEX)
• Size for Gestational Age
• Small-for-gestational-age (SGA)
• Stillbirth
• Term Birth

References 

• Martens P, Fransoo R, The Need to Know Team, Burland E, Prior H, Burchill C, Romphf L, Chateau D, Bailly A, Ouelette C. What Works? A First Look at Evaluating Manitoba's Regional Health Programs and Policies at the Population Level. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2008. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)

Term used in 

• Brownell M, Santos R, Kozyrskyj A, Roos N, Au W, Dik N, Chartier M, Girard D, Ekuma O, Sirski M, Tonn N, Schultz J. Next Steps in the Provincial Evaluation of the BabyFirst Program: Measuring Early Impacts on Outcomes Associated with Child Maltreatment. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2007. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Fransoo R, Martens P, Prior H, Chateau D, McDougall C, Schultz J, McGowan K, Soodeen R, Bailly A. Adult Obesity in Manitoba: Prevalence, Associations, and Outcomes. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2011. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Heaman M, Kingston D, Helewa M, Brownell M, Derksen S, Bogdanovic B, McGowan K, Bailly A. Perinatal Services and Outcomes in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] (View)
• Santos R, Brownell M, Ekuma O, Mayer T, Soodeen R-A. The Early Development Instrument (EDI) in Manitoba: Linking Socioeconomic Adversity and Biological Vulnerability at Birth to Children's Outcomes at Age 5. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] (View)