Stillbirths 1935 to 2017

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Please provide the stillbirth rates for each of the years from 1935 to 2017.

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Thank you for your enquiry.

You can find stillbirth rates for 1935 to 2017 in table 1 of Birth Summary tables in England and Wales. On 1 October 1992 the Stillbirth (Definition) Act 1992 altered the definition of a stillbirth to 24 or more weeks completed gestation, instead of 28 or more weeks completed gestation. Therefore, figures for stillbirths from 1993 are not fully comparable with those for previous years.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/birthsummarytables

Special extracts and tabulations of births and mortality data for England and Wales are available to order (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs, where appropriate). Such enquiries should be made to:

Vital Statistics Outputs Branch
Office for National Statistics
Segensworth Road
Titchfield
Fareham
Hampshire
PO15 5RR
Tel: +44 (0)1329 444 110
E-mail: vsob@ons.gov.uk