Trends in Risk of Pregnancy Loss Among US Women, 1990–2011

Background Pregnancy loss can have physical and psychological consequences for women and their families. Though a previous study described an increase in the risk of self‐reported pregnancy loss from 1970 to 2000, more recent examinations from population‐based data of US women are lacking. Methods We used data from the 1995, 2002, 2006–2010, 2011–2015 National Survey of Family Growth on self‐reported pregnancy loss (miscarriage, stillbirth, ectopic pregnancy) among US women (15–44 years) who reported at least one pregnancy conceived during 1990–2011 that did not result in induced termination (n = 20 012 women; n = 42 526 pregnancies). Trends in the risk of self‐reported pregnancy loss and early pregnancy loss (