Socioeconomic inequalities in the rate of stillbirths by cause: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT: To assess time trends in socioeconomic inequalities in overall and cause-specific stillbirth rates in England. Population-based retrospective study. England. Stillbirths occurring among singleton infants born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2007. Cause-specific stillbirth rate per 10 000 births by deprivation tenth and year of birth. Deprivation measured using the UK index of multiple deprivation at Super Output Area level. Poisson regression models were used to estimate the relative deprivation gap (comparing the most and least deprived tenths) in rates of stillbirths (overall and cause-specific). Excess mortality was calculated by applying the rates seen in the least deprived tenth to the entire population at risk. Discussions with our local NHS multicentre ethics committee deemed

SUBMITTER: Seaton SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3383980 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature