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www.affordablesupplements.co.uk Stillbirth rates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have failed to fall since the early 1990s, a new report has revealed.

In 2005 there were 3,600 stillbirths of which nearly 1,200 occurred in pregnancies which had completed the full term. The number of babies dying in their first month of life totalled 2,300.

Cemach also found that there are still large gaps in knowledge about the causes of stillbirth, making it difficult for clinicians, health planners and researchers to know how they can be prevented. Over half of the stillbirth's studied by the report were classified as "unexplained".

There has been a sharp decline in the number of perinatal autopsies (for deaths around the time of birth), the report reveals, further reducing the level of understanding about stillbirths.

These include a decline in the number of twin stillbirths and a 17 per cent increase from 1995 to 2005 in survival rates of babies born very prematurely.

Richard Congdon, chief executive of Cemach, said: "The rapid improvement in recent years in the survival prospects of babies who have been born very prematurely is highly welcome, but unfortunately there seem to be deep-seated reasons why we are not seeing the same improvement in the number of stillbirths. We believe this needs attention."

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists vice president Jim Dornan added that the Cemach study shows the occurrence of stillbirth is "still a major and tragic problem in this country".

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