“…The value of examining the placenta for determining or excluding a cause of death in stillbirths is evident and varies from 28 -85%. [3][4][5] The value depends largely on the quality of the placental reports. 6 Placental causes of death have been found in up to 60% of perinatal mortality cases [7][8][9] and 64% of intrauterine fetal deaths, depending on the classification system used to classify cause of death.…”