Table 2

Total births, stillbirths (SBs) and SB rate (per 1000) in England, English regions and Wales 2007–2012. Values in bold indicate significant trend tests.

	2007			2008			2009			2010			2011			2012			Trend test
	Total births	SBs	SB rate	Total births	SBs	SB rate	Total births	SBs	SB rate	Total births	SBs	SB rate	Total births	SBs	SB rate	Total births	SBs	SB rate	Slope*	p Value
England and Wales	693 611	3598	5.19	712 328	3617	5.08	689 591	3644	5.28	726 879	3714	5.11	727 724	3811	5.24	733 232	3558	4.85	−0.04	0.05
England	658 771	3414	5.18	676 236	3427	5.07	656 880	3475	5.29	690 513	3506	5.08	691 739	3619	5.23	697 598	3357	4.81	−0.06	0.03
North East	29 728	146	4.91	30 396	179	5.89	29 991	142	4.73	30 969	143	4.62	30 705	178	5.80	30 410	119	3.91	−0.15	0.1
North West	86 423	476	5.51	88 617	450	5.08	87 492	469	5.36	89 665	466	5.20	89 235	483	5.41	89 677	466	5.20	−0.02	0.7
Yorks & Humber	64 567	376	5.82	66 724	371	5.56	65 559	372	5.67	67 343	373	5.54	66 831	380	5.69	67 747	339	5.00	−0.11	0.1
East Midlands	52 716	234	4.44	54 447	255	4.68	47 741	270	5.66	55 525	293	5.28	55 662	284	5.10	55 923	278	4.97	0.10	0.2
West Midlands	70 477	379	5.38	72 129	403	5.59	71 399	420	5.88	72 472	382	5.27	73 391	368	5.01	74 272	332	4.47	−0.20	<0.01
East of England	69 619	308	4.42	72 042	304	4.22	67 638	325	4.80	73 346	345	4.70	73 565	345	4.69	74 884	313	4.18	0.00	1.0
London	126 286	781	6.18	128 381	730	5.69	129 980	719	5.53	133 853	742	5.54	133 604	761	5.70	134 941	755	5.60	−0.08	0.1
South East Coast	50 692	239	4.71	51 800	235	4.54	53 297	240	4.50	53 049	256	4.83	53 418	257	4.81	54 128	227	4.19	−0.04	0.6
South Central	51 021	236	4.63	52 694	236	4.48	46 923	245	5.22	53 892	251	4.66	54 246	275	5.07	54 216	259	4.78	0.06	0.4
South West	57 242	239	4.18	59 006	264	4.47	56 860	273	4.80	60 399	255	4.22	61 082	288	4.71	61 400	269	4.38	0.03	0.6
Wales	34 585	171	4.94	35 815	165	4.61	32 711	169	5.17	36 142	190	5.26	35 765	167	4.67	35 419	181	5.11	0.03	0.7

Source: Office for National Statistics 22, 23 *Slope by linear regression; p values for trend test.