HC Deb 11 May 1990 vol 172 cc253-4W
Miss Emma Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of births in hospitals have been stillborn in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Dorrell

The percentage of births in hospitals in England and Wales which have been stillborn over the last 10 years are as follows:

Year Stillbirths as a percentage of all births in hospital
1978 0.84
1979 0.79
1980 0.71
Year Stillbirths as a percentage of all births in hospital
1981 0.65
1982 0.62
1983 0.57
1984 0.56
1985 0.55
1986 0.53
1987 0.49
1988 0.48