The Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) publishes Perinatal Mortality 2006
May 9, 2008
The main finding of the report, which covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is that stillbirth rates are not declining. Factors such as social deprivation, obesity and the mother’s age are blamed. In 2006 the stillbirth rate in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was 5.3 per 1,000 total births, compared to 5.4 per 1,000 in 2000.
However, the report did find that there has been a reduction in the number of babies dying in the month after birth. These neonatal deaths went from 3.9 per 1,000 live births in 2000 to 3.4 per 1,000 in 2006.
The report also found that the number of babies dying in the neonatal period from twin pregnancies has also fallen, from 22.3 per 1,000 births in 2000 to 19.3 per 1,000 births in 2006.
To view the full report online report, please go to www.cemach.org.uk.
Entry Filed under: England, Northern Ireland, Parliamentary update, Pregnancy and birth, Wales. Tags: CEMACH, NCT, neonatal, obesity, Stillbirth.
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