Cause specific death rates (with number of cases in parentheses) for singleton and multiple births, 1982–2000
| Cause of death | Singleton births (n = 670 919) | Multiple births (n = 15 941) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antepartum stillbirth rate | Intrapartum stillbirth rate | Neonatal death rate | Antepartum stillbirth rate | Intrapartum stillbirth rate | Neonatal death rate | |
| Antepartum and intrapartum stillbirth rates were calculated per 10 000 total births (live and still); neonatal death rates were calculated per 10 000 live births. Antepartum stillbirth was death of a fetus of 28 completed weeks of gestation or more before the onset of labour. Intrapartum stillbirth was death of a fetus of 28 completed weeks of gestation or more, after the onset of labour but before delivery. Neonatal death was death after live birth of a baby, before completion of 28 days of life. | ||||||
| Congenital anomalies | 2.5 (166) | 1.2 (80) | 13.1 (880) | 16.3 (26) | 6.3 (10) | 35.1 (56) |
| Neural tube | 0.4 (29) | 0.6 (40) | 1.6 (108) | 5.6 (9) | 3.8 (6) | 8.2 (13) |
| Chromosome | 0.7 (50) | 0.1 (6) | 1.8 (123) | 1.3 (2) | 0.6 (1) | 5.6 (9) |
| Cardiac | 0.3 (19) | 0 (3) | 3.4 (226) | 0.6 (1) | 0 | 6.3 (10) |
| Other | 1.0 (68) | 0.5 (31) | 6.3 (423) | 8.8 (14) | 1.9 (3) | 15.1 (24) |
| Antepartum hypoxia | 36.6 (2453) | 0.1 (7) | 0.4 (28) | 126.7 (202) | 0 | 0.6 (1) |
| Intrapartum hypoxia | 0 | 5.1 (343) | 5.7 (385) | 0 | 15.7 (25) | 31.4 (50) |
| Prematurity | 0 | 0 | 14.2 (956) | 0 | 0 | 202.6 (323) |
| Infection | 0.4 (24) | 0.2 (12) | 4.1 (276) | 1.3 (2) | 0 | 22.6 (36) |
| Miscellaneous | 1.0 (69) | 0.2 (12) | 2.7 (180) | 27.0 (43) | 3.1 (5) | 27.6 (44) |
| Other causes | 0.1 (9) | 0.2 (12) | 1.4 (97) | 0 | 0 | 1.9 (3) |
| All causes | 40.6 (2721) | 6.9 (466) | 44.8 (2802) | 171.3 (273) | 25.1 (40) | 321.8 (513) |