Understanding ethnic inequalities in stillbirth rates: a UK population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate inequalities in stillbirth rates by ethnicity to facilitate development of initiatives to target those at highest risk.

Design

Population-based perinatal mortality surveillance linked to national birth and death registration (Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK).

Setting

UK.

Participants

4 391 569 singleton births at ≥24⁺⁰ weeks gestation between 2014 and 2019.

Main outcome measures

Stillbirth rate difference per 1000 total births by ethnicity.

Results

Adjusted absolute differences in stillbirth rates were higher for babies of black African (3.83, 95% CI 3.35 to 4.32), black Caribbean (3.60, 95% CI 2.65 to 4.55) and Pakistani (2.99, 95% CI 2.58 to 3.40) ethn

SUBMITTER: Matthews RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8968514 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature