Stillbirths have risen for the first time in seven years, with striking increases seen in babies of black ethnicity and from the most deprived backgrounds.
The findings in the perinatal mortality report from the group Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries (MBRRACE-UK) highlight widening inequalities, with babies of black ethnicity more than twice as likely to be stillborn compared with white babies.
