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Table 2 Summary characteristics of live births, stillbirths, and infant deaths between 2000 and 2018: counts (%)

From: Trends in infant mortality and stillbirth rates in Scotland by socio-economic position, 2000–2018: a longitudinal ecological study

 

Live births

Stillbirths

Neonatal deaths

Post-neonatal deaths

Total infant deaths

Extended perinatal deaths

Total

 

1,049,567 (100%)

5147 (100%)

2944 (100%)

1432 (100%)

4376 (100%)

8091 (100%)

SIMD-IE Quintile

 1 = Most deprived

257,252 (24.5%)

1510 (29.3%)

874 (29.7%)

526 (36.7%)

1400 (32.0%)

2384 (29.5%)

 2

212,623 (20.3%)

1180 (22.9%)

681 (23.1%)

339 (23.7%)

1020 (23.3%)

1861 (23.0%)

 3

196,925 (18.8%)

958 (18.6%)

501 (17.0%)

240 (16.8%)

741 (16.9%)

1459 (18.0%)

 4

189,948 (18.1%)

757 (14.7%)

459 (15.6%)

180 (12.6%)

639 (14.6%)

1216 (15.0%)

 5 = Least deprived

192,819 (18.4%)

742 (14.4%)

429 (14.6%)

147 (10.3%)

576 (13.2%)

1171 (14.5%)

Parental Social Class

 1 – Managerial &Professional

452,242 (43.1%)

1733 (33.7%)

1011 (34.3%)

390 (27.2%)

1401 (32.0%)

2744 (33.9%)

 2 – Intermediate

168,567 (16.1%)

754 (14.6%)

442 (15.0%)

197 (13.8%)

639 (14.6%)

1196 (14.8%)

 3 – Small employers

49,604 (4.7%)

236 (4.6%)

135 (4.6%)

76 (5.3%)

211 (4.8%)

371 (4.6%)

 4 – Supervisors/craft related

61,692 (5.9%)

299 (5.8%)

177 (6.0%)

96 (6.7%)

273 (6.2%)

476 (5.9%)

 5a – Semi-routine & routine

224,287 (21.4%)

1412 (27.4%)

768 (26.1%)

420 (29.3%)

1188 (27.1%)

2180 (26.9%)

 5b – Other*

93,175 (8.9%)

713 (13.9%)

411 (14.0%)

253 (17.7%)

664 (15.2%)

1124 (13.9%)

Infant Sex

 Female

511,264 (48.7%)

2511 (48.8%)

1298 (44.1%)

615 (42.9%)

1913 (43.7%)

3809 (47.1%)

 Male

538,303 (51.3%)

2636 (51.2%)

1646 (55.9%)

817 (57.1%)

2463 (56.3%)

4282 (52.9%)

Maternal Age (years)

  < 25

248,129 (23.6%)

1356 (26.3%)

825 (28.0%)

495 (34.6%)

1320 (30.2%)

2181 (27.0%)

 25-34

591,972 (56.4%)

2596 (50.4%)

1519 (51.6%)

689 (48.1%)

2208 (50.5%)

4115 (50.9%)

 35+

209,466 (20.0%)

1195 (23.2%)

600 (20.4%)

248 (17.3%)

848 (19.4%)

1795 (22.2%)

Multiplicity status

 Singleton birth

1,017,940 (97.0%)

4790 (93.1%)

2445 (83.1%)

1287 (89.9%)

3732 (85.3%)

8522 (89.5%)

 Multiple birth

31,627 (3.0%)

357 (6.9%)

499 (16.9%)

145 (10.1%)

644 (14.7%)

1001 (10.5%)

  1. * Never worked/long term unemployed, students and uncoded occupations