"Figure 4: Stillbirth numbers and rates, 1927 to 2017","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Based on live births and stillbirths occurring in each calendar year. 2. The stillbirth rate shows the number of stillbirths per 1,000 total births (live births and stillbirths). 3. On 1 October 1992 the Stillbirth (Definition) Act 1992 came into force, altering the definition of a stillbirth to 24 or more weeks completed gestation, instead of 28 or more weeks completed gestation. Figures for stillbirths from 1993 are thus not fully comparable with those for previous years. " "Unit","Number of stillbirths, Stillbirths per 1,000 live births and stillbirths" "","" "Year","Number of stillbirths","Stillbirth rate" "","","Stillbirths per 1000 live births and stillbirths" "","","" "","","" "","","" "1927","26021","38.3" "1928","27580","40.1" "1929","26847","40.0" "1930","27577","40.8" "1931","26933","40.9" "1932","26471","41.3" "1933","25084","41.4" "1934","25209","40.5" "1935","25435","40.7" "1936","25045","39.7" "1937","24806","39.0" "1938","24729","38.3" "1939","24320","38.1" "1940","22779","37.2" "1941","20876","34.8" "1942","22383","33.2" "1943","21262","30.1" "1944","21306","27.6" "1945","19333","27.6" "1946","22915","27.2" "1947","21795","24.1" "1948","18399","23.2" "1949","16947","22.7" "1950","16084","22.6" "1951","15985","23.0" "1952","15636","22.7" "1953","15681","22.4" "1954","16200","23.5" "1955","15829","23.2" "1956","16405","22.9" "1957","16615","22.5" "1958","16288","21.5" "1959","15901","20.8" "1960","15819","19.8" "1961","15727","19.0" "1962","15464","18.1" "1963","14989","17.2" "1964","14546","16.3" "1965","13841","15.8" "1966","13243","15.3" "1967","12528","14.8" "1968","11848","14.3" "1969","10654","13.2" "1970","10345","13.0" "1971","9899","12.5" "1972","8799","12.0" "1973","7936","11.6" "1974","7175","11.1" "1975","6295","10.3" "1976","5709","9.7" "1977","5405","9.4" "1978","5108","8.5" "1979","5125","8.0" "1980","4773","7.2" "1981","4207","6.6" "1982","3939","6.3" "1983","3631","5.7" "1984","3643","5.7" "1985","3645","5.5" "1986","3549","5.3" "1987","3423","5.0" "1988","3382","4.9" "1989","3236","4.7" "1990","3256","4.6" "1991","3254","4.6" "1992","2944","4.3" "1993","3855","5.7" "1994","3813","5.7" "1995","3600","5.5" "1996","3539","5.4" "1997","3439","5.3" "1998","3417","5.3" "1999","3305","5.3" "2000","3203","5.3" "2001","3159","5.3" "2002","3372","5.6" "2003","3612","5.8" "2004","3686","5.7" "2005","3483","5.4" "2006","3602","5.4" "2007","3598","5.2" "2008","3617","5.1" "2009","3688","5.2" "2010","3714","5.1" "2011","3811","5.2" "2012","3558","4.9" "2013","3284","4.7" "2014","3254","4.7" "2015","3147","4.5" "2016","3112","4.4" "2017","2873","4.2"