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7.8.3 Stillbirths and Infant Mortality Rate
7.8.3.1 Stillbirths
From the Compendium, Table 81 gives the total number of stillbirths over the three year
period 2006-2008 and the crude rate per 1,000 births. Hull had a higher stillbirth rate
compared to England and most of its comparators for 2008, but a lower rate compared
to England and most of its comparators for 2007, highlighting the fact that these figures
are subject to random year-on-year variation. Averaged out over the last three years,
the rate for Hull is identical to that for England and the Industrial Hinterlands, but lower
in Hull compared to the regional average and the average of the 10 comparator areas.
Table 81: Stillbirth rate, 2006-2008
Geographical area Total births Stillbirth number/rate per 1,000 births
over 3 years Total 3yr number Rate (95% CI)
England 1,974,173 10,259 5.2 (5.1, 5.3)
Hull 10,709 56 5.2 (4.0, 6.8)
Y&H SHA 194,589 1,090 5.6 (5.3, 5.9)
Indust Hinterl’ds 131,937 688 5.2 (4.8, 5.6)
Wolverhampton 9,962 66 6.6 (5.2, 8.4)
Salford 9,541 52 5.5 (4.2, 7.1)
Derby 10,282 64 6.2 (4.9, 7.9)
Stoke-on-Trent 10,883 60 5.5 (4.3, 7.1)
Coventry 13,272 65 4.9 (3.8, 6.2)
Plymouth 9,466 41 4.3 (3.2, 5.9)
Sandwell 13,441 83 6.2 (5.0, 7.7)
Middlesbrough 5,779 27 4.7 (3.2, 6.8)
Sunderland 9,843 67 6.8 (5.4, 8.6)
Leicester 15,071 115 7.6 (6.4, 9.2)
Average above 10 107,540 640 6.0 (5.5, 6.4)
NE Lincolnshire 5,910 31 5.2 (3.7, 7.4)
7.8.3.2 Infant Mortality Rate
From the Compendium, the number of deaths and the crude mortality rates are given in
Table 82 for deaths occurring under the ages of 1 year. The crude mortality rate for
2006-2008 is slightly higher than England, and similar to that for the Industrial
Hinterlands group, but considerably lower than the average of the 10 comparator groups
and lower than the regional average. However, none of these differences with Hull are
statistically significant.
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