Table 3

LSOA level comparison of live births, stillbirths and average birth weight by selected government office regions 2002–2010

Live birthsStillbirthsContinuous birth weight*
HES deliveriesONS birthsHES deliveriesONS birthsHES deliveriesONS births
National (LSOAs=32 470)
 Mean122.8175.10.90.93368.63375.0
 SD75.680.82.61.2121.994.0
 Median109160013378.43383.9
 IQR70–159119–2140–10–13306.8–3443.53316.4–3441.8
 5–95th centiles30–26279–3210–30–33185.0–3529.63208.4–3514.8
 Min–max0–14913–19400–630–12606–46002961.6–3734.1
North-East (LSOAs=1656)
 Mean137.8156.20.60.83380.13384.9
 SD59.467.20.91.086.884.7
 Median128145013382.13386.4
 IQR97–168111–1880–10–13321.6–3442.23329.0–3443.8
 5–95th centiles64–24072–2790–20–33231.6–3521.53241.6–3521.8
 Min–max21–79226–9520–50–73020.0–3651.43072.8–3663.4
London (LSOAs=4765)
 Mean156.2226.70.91.43324.03321.6
 SD80.877.71.21.492.585.3
 Median149220113322.73321.4
 IQR94–207174–2690–10–23265.0–3385.33264.9–3380.9
 5–95th centiles41–298114–3590–30–43170.0–3472.13178.4–3461.9
 Min–max2–6743–10820–90–102971.3–3708.03013.1–3580.7
  • *Live singletons.

  • HES, Hospital Episode Statistics; LSOA, Lower Layer Super Output Area; ONS, Office for National Statistics.