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Research, surveys and statistics
It's hard to believe that in this day and age, one in four women will lose a baby during pregnancy or birth.1,2
Tommy's believes every baby deserves the best start in life and we are committed to funding medical research and providing information to help more mums and dads through a healthy pregnancy and birth.
You can see a full list of our research projects and more detailed statistics by selecting a category from the links on the right. But here are some key facts for the UK.
Key statistics
England and Wales
- 708,711 babies were born alive in 20083
- 183; 3,617 babies were stillborn in 20083
- about 54,500 babies were born preterm4
- about 106,000 women experienced a miscarriage5
Expressed as the number per day:
- 1,942 babies were born every day
- 10 babies were stillborn every day
- about 149 babies were born preterm every day
- about 290 women experienced a miscarriage every day
Scotland
- 57,781 babies were born alive in 20076
- 327 babies were stillborn in 20076
- about 4,400 babies were born preterm4
- about 9,000 women experienced a miscarriage5
Expressed as the number per day:
- 158 babies were born every day
- 1 baby was stillborn every second day
- about 12 babies were born preterm every day
- about 25 women experienced a miscarriage every day
Sources:
1. Regan L. Miscarriage. London: Bloomsbury Publishing; 1997.
2. Adolfsson A, Larsson PG. Cumulative incidence of previous spontaneous abortion in Sweden in 1983-2003: a register study. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 2006;85(6):741–7.
3. Office for National Statistics Statistical Bulletin. Infant and Perinatal Mortality 2008: Health Areas, England and Wales. 2 September 2009. (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/ipm0909.pdf)
4. Based on the 2005 rate of 1 in 13 live births in England and Wales, from Office for National Statistics press release, 24 May 2007. (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/preterm0507.pdf)
5. Based on an estimated miscarriage rate of 15% of all pregnancies in line with the following three academic studies: (a) Warburton W, Fraser FC. Spontaneous Abortion Risks in Man: Data from Reproductive Histories Collected in a Medical Genetics Unit. American Journal of Human Genetics 1964;16(1):1–25. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1932458/pdf/ajhg00547-0015.pdf) (b) Stray-Pedersen B, Stray-Pedersen S. Etiologic factors and subsequent reproductive performance in 195 couples with a prior history of habitual abortion. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1984;148(2):140–6. (c) Poland BJ, et al. Reproductive counseling in patients who have had a spontaneous abortion. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1977;127(7):685–91.
6. NHS Scotland. Scottish Perinatal and Infant Mortality and Morbidity Report 2007. Edinburgh: NHS Quality Improvement Scotland; 2008. (http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=mat_spimmr_2007.pdf&pContentDispositionType=attachment)
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