Stillbirth and intrauterine fetal death: contemporary demographic features of > 1000 cases from an urban population

摘要

Objectives Of 780 000 births annually in the UK, around 3300 are stillborn, a rate of approximately 4 per 1000 births. Traditional epidemiological associations are based on historic data. The aim of this study was to document contemporary demographic findings in a large series of >1000 deaths in utero in London and compare these with national datasets.