Perinatal Mortality
(asked on 31st January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies have been stillborn in each of the last six years.
This question was answered on 3rd February 2017
The information is shown in the following table.
England and Wales | |||
Year | Number of live births | Number of stillbirths | Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total births |
2015 | 697,852 | 3,147 | 4.5 |
2014 | 695,233 | 3,254 | 4.7 |
2013 | 698,512 | 3,284 | 4.7 |
2012 | 729,674 | 3,558 | 4.9 |
2011 | 723,913 | 3,811 | 5.2 |
2010 | 723,165 | 3,714 | 5.1 |
Source: Office of National Statistics: