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Infant Mortality, Stillbirths and Maternal Mortality 2016

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Infant mortality

During the year 2016 there were 194 deaths of infants under one year, compared to 225 in 2015. The infant mortality rate was 3.0 per 1,000 live births in 2016, a decrease of 0.4 from 2015. See tables 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3.

Infant mortality rates in the EU-28

Malta had the highest rate at 7.4 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2016 while Finland had the lowest rate at 1.9 per 1,000 live births. Of the EU28 countries, Ireland ranked 9th with a rate of 3.0. See fig. 4.1.

Country	Infant mortality rate
Finland	1.9
Slovenia	2
Estonia	2.3
Sweden	2.5
Cyprus	2.6
Spain	2.7
Czech Republic	2.8
Italy	2.8
Ireland	3
Denmark	3.1
Austria	3.1
Belgium	3.2
Portugal	3.2
Germany	3.2
Netherlands	3.2
France	3.7
Latvia	3.7
Luxembourg	3.8
United Kingdom	3.8
Hungary	3.9
Poland	4
Greece	4.2
Croatia	4.3
Lithuania	4.5
Slovakia	5.4
Bulgaria	6.5
Romania	7
Malta	7.4

Infant Mortality by detailed age

Over a third (37.6%) of all infant deaths occurred within the first day of birth and 59.8% occurred within the first week. See table 4.5.

There were 147 neonatal deaths (deaths of infants under 4 weeks) in 2016, a decrease of 27 on the 2015 figure. The neonatal mortality rate of 2.3 per 1,000 live births was a decrease of 0.4 on the 2015 rate of 2.7. See tables 4.2, 4.3, 4.8 and fig. 4.2.

Infant Mortality by cause

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period accounted for 44.8% of infant deaths in 2016. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities accounted for a further 39.7% while sudden infant death syndrome accounted for 5.7% of such deaths. See table 4.8.

For infant deaths occurring in the first day of life, the causes of death were split between certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (64.4%), congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (32.9%), diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs (1.4%) and all other causes (1.4%). See table 4.8.

Roscommon had the highest rate for infant mortality in 2016 (6 infant deaths) with a rate of 7.9 per 1,000 births. See table 4.3.

Stillbirths

The number of stillbirths in 2016 was 173, a decrease of 21 on the 2015 total of 194. The corresponding rate decrease was 0.3 down from 3.0 in 2015 to 2.7 in 2016. See tables 4.1, 4.2 and fig. 4.3.

Year	Infant	Neonatal	Post neonatal
1975	17.5	12	5.6
1976	15.7	10.5	5.2
1977	15.5	9.9	5.6
1978	14.9	9.8	5
1979	12.8	8.4	4.4
1980	11.1	6.7	4.4
1981	10.3	6.5	3.8
1982	10.5	6.6	3.9
1983	10.1	6.1	4
1984	9.6	6	3.7
1985	8.8	5.3	3.6
1986	8.9	5	3.9
1987	7.9	4.3	3.6
1988	8.6	5.2	3.4
1989	8.1	4.8	3.3
1990	8.2	4.8	3.4
1991	7.6	5	2.6
1992	6.5	4.3	2.2
1993	6.1	4	2.1
1994	5.7	4	1.7
1995	6.4	4.8	1.6
1996	6	4.1	1.9
1997	6.1	3.5	2.6
1998	5.9	3.4	1.6
1999	5.9	4	1.8
2000	6.2	4.3	1.9
2001	5.7	4	1.7
2002	5	3.6	1.5
2003	5.3	3.8	1.5
2004	4.6	3.4	1.3
2005	3.8	2.7	1.1
2006	3.9	2.7	1.2
2007	3.2	2.2	1
2008	3.8	2.7	1.1
2009	3.3	2.2	1
2010	3.6	2.6	1
2011	3.5	2.5	1
2012	3.3	2.6	0.7
2013	3.6	2.6	0.9
2014	3.3	2.3	1
2015	3.4	2.7	0.8
2016	3	2.3	0.7

Year	Perinatal	Stillbirth
2005	6.3	4.1
2006	6	3.8
2007	6.2	4.4
2008	6	3.9
2009	5.7	3.9
2010	5.7	3.6
2011	4.8	2.8
2012	4.6	2.6
2013	5	2.8
2014	4.2	2.4
2015	5.1	3
2016	4.5	2.7

Year	Perinatal	Stillbirth
2005	6.25	4.12
2006	5.97	3.84
2007	6.18	4.42
2008	6.04	3.9
2009	5.71	3.88
2010	5.69	3.62
2011	4.82	2.84
2012	4.63	2.62
2013	4.98	2.75
2014	4.21	2.43
2015	5.11	2.95
2016	4.5146374230637	2.70253382072672

For stillbirths, the highest rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths was in Cavan (8.6). There were no registered stillbirths for Longford or Leitrim in 2016. See table 4.3.

In 2016, stillbirths classified as being due to certain conditions originating in the perinatal period accounted for 78.0% of all registered stillbirths, 20.8% were due to congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities and the remaining were due to neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behaviour (0.6%) and endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (0.6%). See table 4.12a.

While statistics of infant mortality are obtained in the course of the usual procedure for registration of deaths, which has been in operation since 1863, particulars of late foetal mortality have been obtained through a scheme of notification to the Directors of Community Care. The scheme of notifying late foetal deaths was introduced in 1957, but comparisons between different areas of the country showed marked differences in the coverage of the scheme in the early years. Consequently, the number of late foetal deaths in the early years of the scheme is believed to be understated.

In 1995 stillbirths were registered in Ireland for the first time under the Stillbirths Registration Act, 1994. The definition of a stillbirth under the Act is broader than the definition used for late foetal deaths in previous Vital Statistics Reports. Care should be taken in comparing statistics on stillbirths and late foetal deaths in consideration of the changes between the notification and registration systems.

The National Perinatal Reporting System (NPRS) (http://www.hpo.ie/,HIPE and NPRS Reports, Perinatal Statistics Reports). Perinatal Statistics Reports also produces statistics on stillbirths, which can be compared to the numbers in these reports. The NPRS figures are derived from birth notification forms, whereas the figures contained in this report are derived from stillbirths registered. In recent years, the numbers of stillbirths according to NPRS reports have been higher than the numbers published in these reports. This suggests that there is considerable non-registration of stillbirths and that caution should be taken in interpreting the statistics on stillbirths in these reports.

Pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium

There were 4 maternal deaths in 2016, giving a rate of 6.2 maternal deaths per 100,000 live and stillbirths. See table 4.19.

Year	Maternal death rate
1946	240
1947	214.6
1948	188.1
1949	201.1
1950	155.7
1951	163.8
1952	142.3
1953	132.7
1954	110.3
1955	113.6
1956	85.6
1957	132.3
1958	102.5
1959	64.8
1960	57.6
1961	45.1
1962	43.7
1963	34.8
1964	46.8
1965	28.3
1966	28.9
1967	22.8
1968	36.1
1969	31.8
1970	31.1
1971	25.2
1972	40.9
1973	11.6
1974	21.8
1975	7.4
1976	16.4
1977	11.6
1978	17.1
1979	9.6
1980	6.8
1981	4.2
1982	5.6
1983	11.9
1984	6.2
1985	6.4
1986	4.9
1987	3.4
1988	1.8
1989	3.8
1990	3.8
1991	5.7
1992	3.9
1993	2
1994	2.1
1995	0
1996	5.9
1997	5.7
1998	3.7
1999	1.9
2000	1.8
2001	5.2
2002	8.3
2003	0
2004	1.6
2005	1.6
2006	1.5
2007	2.8
2008	4
2009	4
2010	1.3
2011	2.7
2012	2.8
2013	4.4
2014	1.5
2015	1.5
2016	6.2

For definitions on the terms used in this chapter, see link to technical notes:

Infant mortality, stillbirths and maternal mortality.

Infant Mortality, Stillbirths and Maternal Mortality 2016 Tables 4.1 - 4.19

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Table 4.1 Live births, stillbirths and infant mortality, 2006 to 2016

Table 4.2 Live birth, stillbirth and infant mortality rates, 2001 to 2016

Table 4.3 Stillbirths and infant mortality 2016 per 1,000 live births

Table 4.3 Stillbirths and infant mortality^* 2016 per 1,000 live births
	Infant mortality		Neonatal mortality		Stillbirths		Perinatal mortality
Area of residence	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
STATE	194	3.0	147	2.3	173	2.7	289	4.5

Leinster	110	3.0	87	2.4	86	2.3	155	4.2
Carlow	3	4.0	3	4.0	4	5.3	7	9.3
Dublin City	21	2.9	16	2.2	18	2.5	33	4.6
South Dublin	17	4.0	13	3.1	12	2.8	19	4.5
Fingal	13	2.7	9	1.8	6	1.2	12	2.5
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown	10	3.6	9	3.3	8	2.9	15	5.4
Kildare	7	2.1	5	1.5	6	1.8	10	3.1
Kilkenny	3	2.5	3	2.5	1	0.8	4	3.4
Laois	3	2.7	2	1.8	1	0.9	2	1.8
Longford	2	3.3	2	3.3	0	0.0	2	3.3
Louth	2	1.1	2	1.1	6	3.3	8	4.5
Meath	5	1.8	3	1.1	8	2.9	10	3.6
Offaly	5	4.9	5	4.9	1	1.0	5	4.9
Westmeath	6	4.8	5	4.0	1	0.8	6	4.8
Wexford	7	3.7	5	2.6	10	5.3	14	7.4
Wicklow	6	3.1	5	2.6	4	2.1	8	4.2

Munster	47	2.9	31	1.9	43	2.6	69	4.2
Clare	6	4.1	3	2.0	7	4.8	10	6.8
Cork City	3	2.2	2	1.4	3	2.2	5	3.6
Cork County	11	1.9	6	1.1	11	1.9	16	2.8
Kerry	5	2.9	2	1.2	6	3.5	8	4.6
Limerick City	2	2.4	2	2.4	1	1.2	3	3.6
Limerick County	4	2.2	4	2.2	6	3.4	9	5.1
North Tipperary	2	2.2	1	1.1	1	1.1	2	2.2
South Tipperary	5	4.3	5	4.3	2	1.7	7	6.1
Waterford City	3	5.5	1	1.8	1	1.8	1	1.8
Waterford County	6	6.4	5	5.3	5	5.3	8	8.5

Connacht	24	3.4	19	2.7	22	3.1	36	5.1
Galway City	3	2.9	3	2.9	5	4.8	8	7.6
Galway County	4	1.6	4	1.6	5	2.0	7	2.9
Leitrim	1	2.4	1	2.4	0	0.0	1	2.4
Mayo	8	5.1	7	4.5	4	2.5	9	5.7
Roscommon	6	7.9	4	5.3	5	6.6	8	10.5
Sligo	2	2.6	0	0.0	3	3.8	3	3.8

Ulster (Part of)	13	3.5	10	2.7	22	5.8	29	7.7
Cavan	2	1.9	2	1.9	9	8.6	11	10.5
Donegal	7	3.7	5	2.6	9	4.7	12	6.3
Monaghan	4	5.0	3	3.8	4	5.0	6	7.5

REGIONAL AUTHORITIES
Border	18	2.7	13	1.9	31	4.6	41	6.1
Midland	16	4.0	14	3.5	3	0.8	15	3.8
West	21	3.6	18	3.1	19	3.3	32	5.5
Dublin	61	3.2	47	2.5	44	2.3	79	4.1
Mid-East	18	2.3	13	1.6	18	2.3	28	3.5
Mid-West	14	2.8	10	2.0	15	3.0	24	4.8
South-East	27	4.2	22	3.4	23	3.6	41	6.3
South-West	19	2.2	10	1.1	20	2.3	29	3.3
* For definition see technical notes.
The stillbirth and infant mortality rates in some areas based on small numbers are subject to considerable fluctuation and caution should be exercised in their interpretation.

Open in Excel: Annual Report on Vital Statistics Table 4.3 (XLS 41KB)

Table 4.4 Infant mortality rates per 1,000 live births by detailed age, 1941 to 2016

Table 4.5 Infant deaths during 2016 by detailed age

Table 4.6 Infant mortality rates in Ireland and neighbouring countries, 1941-2016

Table 4.7 Stillbirth and perinatal mortality rates in Ireland and neighbouring countries, 1998-2016

Table 4.8 Infant mortality - deaths under 1 year in 2016, classified by sex, age and cause

ICD-10 code

Total under 1 year

Under 30 mins

30 mins and under 1 day

Total under 1 day

Total under 7 days

Days

Total under 4 weeks

4 weeks and under 1 year

Cause of death

Sex

7-13

14-20

21-27

A00-Y89

All causes

109

G00-H95

Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs

–

of which:

G00-G03

Meningitis

–

G04-H95

Remainder

–

P00-P96

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

of which:

P00-P04

Fetus or newborn affected by maternal factors and by complications of pregnancy, labour and delivery

–

P05-P08

Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growth

–

P10-P15

Birth Trauma

–

P20-P29

Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders specific to the perinatal period

–

P35-P39

Infections specific to the perinatal period

–

P50-P61

Haemorrhagic & haematological disorders of fetus and newborn

–

P70-P74

Transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to fetus and newborn

–

P75-P78

Digestive system disorders of fetus and newborn

–

P80-P83

Conditions involving the integument and temperature regulation of fetus and newborn

–

P90-P96

Other disorders originating in the perinatal period

–

Q00-Q99

Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities

–

of which:

Q00-Q07

Congenital malformations of the nervous system

–

Q10-Q18

Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck

–

Q20-Q28

Congenital malformations of the circulatory system

–

Q30-Q34

Congenital malformations of the respiratory system

–

Q35-Q37

Cleft lip and cleft palate

–

Q38-Q45

Other congenital malformations of the digestive system

–

Q50-Q56

Congenital malformations of genital organs

–

Q60-Q64

Congenital malformations of the urinary system

–

Q65-Q79

Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system

–

Q80-Q89

Other congenital malformations

–

Q90-Q99

Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified

–

R95

Sudden infant death syndrome

–

All other causes

–

Open in Excel: Annual Report on Vital Statistics Table 4.8 (XLS 43KB)

Table 4.9 Infant mortality - deaths under 1 year in 2016, classified by age under 4 weeks, age 4 weeks to one year, sex and cause, assigned to each province

Table 4.9 Infant mortality - deaths under 1 year in 2016, classified by age under 4 weeks, age 4 weeks to one year, sex and cause, assigned to each province
ICD-10 code			Total		Leinster		Munster		Connacht		Ulster (part of)
ICD-10 code	Cause of death	Age	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
A00-Y89	All causes	Under 4 weeks	82	65	47	40	18	13	12	7	5	5
		4 weeks to 1 year	27	20	15	8	7	9	2	3	3	-

G00-H95	Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs	Under 4 weeks	2	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	1	4	1	1	-	2	-	1	-	-
	of which:
G00-G03	Meningitis	Under 4 weeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
G04-H95	Remainder	Under 4 weeks	2	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	1	3	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-

P00-P96	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	Under 4 weeks	42	39	24	29	12	6	3	3	3	1
		4 weeks to 1 year	4	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	1	-
	of which:
P00-P04	Fetus or newborn affected by maternal factors and by complications of pregnancy, labour and delivery	Under 4 weeks	14	18	8	14	5	3	-	1	1	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P05-P08	Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growth	Under 4 weeks	8	10	4	7	2	1	2	2	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P10-P15	Birth trauma	Under 4 weeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P20-P29	Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders specific to the perinatal period	Under 4 weeks	7	4	4	4	1	-	-	-	2	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	2	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-
P35-P39	Infections specific to the perinatal period	Under 4 weeks	6	1	4	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
P50-P61	Haemorrhagic & haematological disorders of fetus and newborn	Under 4 weeks	4	2	2	1	2	1	-	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P70-P74	Transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to fetus and newborn	Under 4 weeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P75-P78	Digestive system disorders of fetus and newborn	Under 4 weeks	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P80-P83	Conditions involving the integument and temperature regulation of fetus and newborn	Under 4 weeks	2	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P90-P96	Other disorders originating in the perinatal period	Under 4 weeks	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
		4 weeks to 1 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Q00-Q99	Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	Under 4 weeks	33	22	19	8	6	6	7	4	1	4
		4 weeks to 1 year	15	7	6	2	5	3	2	2	2	-
	of which:
Q00-Q07	Congenital malformations of the nervous system	Under 4 weeks	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	1
		4 weeks to 1 year	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Q10-Q18	Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck	Under 4 weeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q20-Q28	Congenital malformations of the circulatory system	Under 4 weeks	6	5	2	3	2	1	2	-	-	1
		4 weeks to 1 year	6	3	2	2	2	-	1	1	1	-
Q30-Q34	Congenital malformations of the respiratory system	Under 4 weeks	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	3	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
Q35-Q37	Cleft lip and cleft palate	Under 4 weeks	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q38-Q45	Other congenital malformations of the digestive system	Under 4 weeks	1	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q50-Q56	Congenital malformations of genital organs	Under 4 weeks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q60-Q64	Congenital malformations of the urinary system	Under 4 weeks	7	3	5	-	1	2	-	-	1	1
		4 weeks to 1 year	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q65-Q79	Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system	Under 4 weeks	6	2	3	-	2	-	1	1	-	1
		4 weeks to 1 year	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Q80-Q89	Other congenital malformations	Under 4 weeks	2	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	2	2	2	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
Q90-Q99	Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified	Under 4 weeks	7	4	4	1	-	-	3	3	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	2	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-

R95	Sudden infant death syndrome	Under 4 weeks	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	5	4	5	2	-	2	-	-	-	-

	All other causes	Under 4 weeks	4	2	2	1	-	1	1	-	1	-
		4 weeks to 1 year	2	3	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-

Open in Excel: Annual Report on Vital Statistics Table 4.9 (XLS 43KB)

Table 4.10 Infant mortality - deaths under 1 year in 2016, classified by sex and cause, assigned to each regional authority

Table 4.10 Infant mortality – deaths under 1 year in 2016, classified by sex and cause, assigned to each regional authority

ICD–10 code

Border

Midland

West

Dublin

Mid–East

Mid–West

South–East

South–West

Cause of death

A00–Y89

All causes

G00–H95

Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs

–

of which:

G00–G03

Meningitis

–

G04–H95

Remainder

–

of which:

P00–P96

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

of which:

P00–P04

Fetus or newborn affected by maternal factors and by complications of pregnancy, labour and delivery

–

P05–P08

Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growth

–

P10–P15

Birth Trauma

–

P20–P29

Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders specific to the perinatal period

–

P35–P39

Infections specific to the perinatal period

–

P50–P61

Haemorrhagic & haematological disorders of fetus and newborn

–

P70–P74

Transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to fetus and newborn

–

P75–P78

Digestive system disorders of fetus and newborn

–

P80–P83

Conditions involving the integument and temperature regulation of fetus and newborn

–

P90–P96

Other disorders originating in the perinatal period

–

Q00–Q99

Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities

–

of which:

Q00–Q07

Congenital malformations of the nervous system

–

Q10–Q18

Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck

–

Q20–Q28

Congenital malformations of the circulatory system

–

Q30–Q34

Congenital malformations of the respiratory system

–

Q35–Q37

Cleft lip and cleft palate

–

Q38–Q45

Other congenital malformations of the digestive system

–

Q50–Q56

Congenital malformations of genital organs

–

Q60–Q64

Congenital malformations of the urinary system

–

Q65–Q79

Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system

–

Q80–Q89

Other congenital malformations

–

Q90–Q99

Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified

–

R95

Sudden infant death syndrome

–

All other causes

–

Open in Excel: Annual Report on Vital Statistics Table 4.10 (XLS 43KB)

Table 4.11 Infant mortality - deaths under 1 year in 2016, classified by age-group and cause, assigned to each regional authority

Table 4.11 Infant mortality - deaths under 1 year in 2016, classified by age-group and cause, assigned to each regional authority
ICD-10 code	Cause of death	Age	Border	Midland	West	Dublin	Mid-East	Mid-West	South-East	South-West
A00–Y89	All causes	Under 4 weeks	13	14	18	47	13	10	22	10
		4 weeks to 1 year	5	2	3	14	5	4	5	9

G00–H95	Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs	Under 4 weeks	–	–	1	2	–	–	–	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	1	–	–	–	–	2	2	–
	of which:
G00–G03	Meningitis	Under 4 weeks	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
G04–H95	Remainder	Under 4 weeks	–	–	1	2	–	–	–	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	–

P00–P96	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	Under 4 weeks	6	8	5	30	6	4	16	6
		4 weeks to 1 year	1	–	–	3	–	–	–	2
	of which:
P00–P04	Fetus or newborn affected by maternal factors and by complications of pregnancy, labour and delivery	Under 4 weeks	3	4	–	11	2	1	9	2
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
P05–P08	Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growth	Under 4 weeks	–	1	4	5	2	1	4	1
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
P10–P15	Birth trauma	Under 4 weeks	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
P20–P29	Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders specific to the perinatal period	Under 4 weeks	2	2	–	5	1	–	1	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
P35–P39	Infections specific to the perinatal period	Under 4 weeks	–	–	1	4	1	–	–	1
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
P50–P61	Haemorrhagic & haematological disorders of fetus and newborn	Under 4 weeks	–	–	–	2	–	1	2	1
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
P70–P74	Transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to fetus and newborn	Under 4 weeks	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
P75–P78	Digestive system disorders of fetus and newborn	Under 4 weeks	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
P80–P83	Conditions involving the integument and temperature regulation of fetus and newborn	Under 4 weeks	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	1
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
P90–P96	Other disorders originating in the perinatal period	Under 4 weeks	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Q00–Q99	Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	Under 4 weeks	6	4	11	12	7	6	5	4
		4 weeks to 1 year	3	1	3	4	3	1	2	5
	of which:
Q00–Q07	Congenital malformations of the nervous system	Under 4 weeks	1	–	1	2	1	1	–	1
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
Q10–Q18	Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck	Under 4 weeks	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q20–Q28	Congenital malformations of the circulatory system	Under 4 weeks	1	1	2	1	3	1	–	2
		4 weeks to 1 year	1	1	2	2	1	–	–	2
Q30–Q34	Congenital malformations of the respiratory system	Under 4 weeks	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Q35–Q37	Cleft lip and cleft palate	Under 4 weeks	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q38–Q45	Other congenital malformations of the digestive system	Under 4 weeks	–	1	–	1	–	–	1	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q50–Q56	Congenital malformations of genital organs	Under 4 weeks	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q60–Q64	Congenital malformations of the urinary system	Under 4 weeks	3	–	–	3	1	2	–	1
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q65–Q79	Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system	Under 4 weeks	1	–	2	2	–	–	3	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
Q80–Q89	Other congenital malformations	Under 4 weeks	–	1	–	–	1	1	–	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	1	1	1	1	–	–
Q90–Q99	Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified	Under 4 weeks	–	1	6	2	1	–	1	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	1

R95	Sudden infant death syndrome	Under 4 weeks	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	1	–	5	1	–	1	1

	All other causes	Under 4 weeks	1	2	1	1	–	–	1	–
		4 weeks to 1 year	–	–	–	2	1	1	–	1

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Table 4.12a Stillbirths in 2016, classified by sex and cause, and with mention of affecting maternal factors

Table 4.12a Stillbirths in 2016, classified by sex and cause, and with mention of affecting maternal factors
ICD–10 code		Stillbirths			With maternal factors
ICD–10 code	Cause of death	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
A00–Y89	All	173	87	86	81	41	40

D37–D48	Neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behaviour	1	1	–	–	–	–
E00–E90	Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	1	–	1	–	–	–
P00–P96	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	135	67	68	72	36	36
	of which :
P05–P08	Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growth	10	4	6	4	2	2
P10–P15	Birth Trauma	–	–	–	–	–	–
P20–P29	Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders specific to the perinatal period	12	4	8	7	2	5
P35–P39	Infections specific to the perinatal period	3	–	3	–	–	–
P50–P61	Haemorrhagic and haematological disorders of fetus and newborn	4	1	3	3	1	2
P70–P74	Transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to fetus and newborn	2	–	2	2	0	2
P75–P78	Digestive system disorders of fetus and newborn	1	1	–	1	1	–
P80–P83	Conditions involving the integument and temperature regulation of fetus and newborn	4	3	1	1	1	–
P90–P96	Other disorders in the perinatal period	99	54	45	54	29	25

Q00–Q99	Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	36	19	17	9	5	4
	of which :
Q00–Q07	Other congenital malformations of the nervous system	3	2	1	–	–	–
Q10–Q18	Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q20–Q28	Congenital malformations of the circulatory system	2	1	1	2	1	1
Q30–Q34	Congenital malformations of the respiratory system	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q35–Q37	Cleft lip and cleft palate	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q38–Q45	Other congenital malformations of the digestive system	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q50–Q56	Congenital malformations of genital organs	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q60–Q64	Congenital malformations of the urinary system	1	1	–	–	–	–
Q65–Q79	Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system	4	1	3	–	–	–
Q80–Q89	Other congenital malformations	2	1	1	1	–	1
Q90–Q99	Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified	24	13	11	6	4	2

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Table 4.12b Stillbirths in 2016, classified by maternal factors

Table 4.13 Stillbirths in 2016, classified by age of mother, sex of child and period of gestation

Table 4.14 Stillbirths in 2016, classified by age of mother and number of previous live and stillborn children

Table 4.15 Stillbirths in 2016, classified by cause and period of gestation

Table 4.15 Stillbirths in 2016, classified by cause and period of gestation
		Period of gestation (weeks)
ICD–10 code	Cause of death	Total	Under 28	28–31	32–35	36-39	40 and over
A00–Y89	All causes	173	42	26	34	58	13

D37–D48	Neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behaviour	1	0	1	0	0	0
E00–E90	Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	1	0	0	0	1	0
P00–P96	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	135	33	21	21	47	13
	of which:
P05–P08	Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growth	10	6	2	0	1	1
P10–P15	Birth Trauma	0	0	0	0	0	0
P20–P29	Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders specific to the perinatal period	12	2	4	1	2	3
P35–P39	Infections specific to the perinatal period	3	1	2	0	0	0
P50–P61	Haemorrhagic and haematological disorders of fetus and newborn	4	1	0	0	2	1
P70–P74	Transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to fetus and newborn	2	0	0	0	2	0
P75–P78	Digestive system disorders of fetus and newborn	1	0	0	0	1	0
P80–P83	Conditions involving the integument and temperature regulation of fetus and newborn	4	2	1	0	1	0
P90–P96	Other disorders in the perinatal period	99	21	12	20	38	8

Q00–Q99	Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	36	9	4	13	10	0
	of which:
Q00–Q07	Other congenital malformations of the nervous system	3	1	0	2	0	0
Q10–Q18	Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck	0	0	0	0	0	0
Q20–Q28	Congenital malformations of the circulatory system	2	1	1	0	0	0
Q30–Q34	Congenital malformations of the respiratory system	0	0	0	0	0	0
Q35–Q37	Cleft lip and cleft palate	0	0	0	0	0	0
Q38–Q45	Other congenital malformations of the digestive system	0	0	0	0	0	0
Q50–Q56	Congenital malformations of genital organs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Q60–Q64	Congenital malformations of the urinary system	1	0	0	1	0	0
Q65–Q79	Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system	4	2	0	0	2	0
Q80–Q89	Other congenital malformations	2	0	0	2	0	0
Q90–Q99	Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified	24	5	3	8	8	0

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Table 4.16 Stillbirths in 2016, classified by cause and number of previous children

Table 4.16 Stillbirths in 2016, classified by cause and number of previous live and stillborn children
		Number of previous children
ICD–10 code	Cause of death	Total	0	1	2	3	4 or 5	6 or more
A00–Y89	All causes	173	76	55	24	10	3	5

D37–D48	Neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behaviour	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
E00–E90	Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	1	–	–	1	–	–	–
P00–P96	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	135	56	47	17	9	2	4
	of which:
P05–P08	Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growth	10	5	4	–	–	–	1
P10–P15	Birth Trauma	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
P20–P29	Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders specific to the perinatal period	12	5	6	1	–	–	–
P35–P39	Infections specific to the perinatal period	3	2	1	–	–	–	–
P50–P61	Haemorrhagic and haematological disorders of fetus and newborn	4	1	2	–	1	–	–
P70–P74	Transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to fetus and newborn	2	1	–	–	–	–	1
P75–P78	Digestive system disorders of fetus and newborn	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
P80–P83	Conditions involving the integument and temperature regulation of fetus and newborn	4	2	–	–	1	–	1
P90–P96	Other disorders in the perinatal period	99	40	33	16	7	2	1

Q00–Q99	Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	36	20	7	6	1	1	1
	of which:
Q00–Q07	Other congenital malformations of the nervous system	3	2	1	–	–	–	–
Q10–Q18	Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q20–Q28	Congenital malformations of the circulatory system	2	–	1	1	–	–	–
Q30–Q34	Congenital malformations of the respiratory system	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q35–Q37	Cleft lip and cleft palate	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q38–Q45	Other congenital malformations of the digestive system	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q50–Q56	Congenital malformations of genital organs	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q60–Q64	Congenital malformations of the urinary system	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Q65–Q79	Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system	4	3	–	1	–	–	–
Q80–Q89	Other congenital malformations	2	1	–	1	–	–	–
Q90–Q99	Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified	24	13	5	3	1	1	1

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Table 4.17 Stillbirths in 2016, classified by cause and age of mother at maternity

Table 4.17 Stillbirths in 2016, classified by cause and age of mother at maternity
		Age of mother at maternity
ICD-10 code	Cause of death	Total	Under 20	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40 and over
A00-Y89	All causes	173	3	12	23	53	58	24

D37-D48	Neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behaviour	1	–	–	–	1	–	–
E00-E90	Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	1	–	–	–	–	1	–
P00-P96	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	135	3	9	22	40	44	17
	of which:
P05-P08	Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growth	10	–	–	4	3	2	1
P10-P15	Birth Trauma	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
P20-P29	Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders specific to the perinatal period	12	–	–	1	7	3	1
P35-P39	Infections specific to the perinatal period	3	–	–	–	2	1	–
P50-P61	Haemorrhagic and haematological disorders of fetus and newborn	4	–	–	2	2	–	–
P70-P74	Transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to fetus and newborn	2	–	–	1	–	–	1
P75-P78	Digestive system disorders of fetus and newborn	1	–	–	1	–	–	–
P80-P83	Conditions involving the integument and temperature regulation of fetus and newborn	4	–	–	1	2	–	1
P90-P96	Other disorders in the perinatal period	99	3	9	12	24	38	13

Q00-Q99	Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	36	–	3	1	12	13	7
	of which:
Q00-Q07	Other congenital malformations of the nervous system	3	–	1	–	1	1	–
Q10-Q18	Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q20-Q28	Congenital malformations of the circulatory system	2	–	–	–	1	–	1
Q30-Q34	Congenital malformations of the respiratory system	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q35-Q37	Cleft lip and cleft palate	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q38-Q45	Other congenital malformations of the digestive system	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q50-Q56	Congenital malformations of genital organs	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q60-Q64	Congenital malformations of the urinary system	1	–	–	1	–	–	–
Q65-Q79	Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system	4	–	–	–	2	2	–
Q80-Q89	Other congenital malformations	2	–	–	–	2	–	–
Q90-Q99	Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified	24	–	2	–	6	10	6

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Table 4.18 Stillbirths in 2016, classified by cause and birthweight

Table 4.18 Stillbirths in 2016, classified by cause and birthweight
		Birthweight (grams)
ICD–10 code	Cause of death	Total	Under 1000	1000–1499	1500–1999	2000–2499	2500–2999	3000–3499	3500–3999	4000 & over	Not Stated
A00–Y89	All causes	173	57	22	17	26	24	12	11	3	1

D37–D48	Neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behaviour	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
E00–E90	Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
P00–P96	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	135	43	13	13	18	21	12	11	3	1
	of which:
P05–P08	Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal growth	10	7	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
P10–P15	Birth Trauma	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
P20–P29	Respiratory and cardiovascular disorders specific to the perinatal period	12	2	3	1	2	1	2	1	–	–
P35–P39	Infections specific to the perinatal period	3	1	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
P50–P61	Haemorrhagic and haematological disorders of fetus and newborn	4	1	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	–
P70–P74	Transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to fetus and newborn	2	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–
P75–P78	Digestive system disorders of fetus and newborn	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
P80–P83	Conditions involving the integument and temperature regulation of fetus and newborn	4	–	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
P90–P96	Other disorders in the perinatal period	99	32	7	8	14	17	10	8	2	1

Q00–Q99	Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	36	14	8	4	8	2	–	–	–	–
	of which:
Q00–Q07	Other congenital malformations of the nervous system	3	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
Q10–Q18	Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q20–Q28	Congenital malformations of the circulatory system	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q30–Q34	Congenital malformations of the respiratory system	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q35–Q37	Cleft lip and cleft palate	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q38–Q45	Other congenital malformations of the digestive system	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q50–Q56	Congenital malformations of genital organs	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Q60–Q64	Congenital malformations of the urinary system	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
Q65–Q79	Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system	4	3	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
Q80–Q89	Other congenital malformations	2	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
Q90–Q99	Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified	24	9	6	4	3	2	–	–	–	–

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Table 4.19 Maternal deaths per 100,000 total live and stillbirths, 1997 - 2016

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Table 4.1 Live births, stillbirths and infant mortality, 2006 to 2016
				Perinatal	Neonatal deaths				Infant
Year	Live births	Population²	Stillbirths	deaths	Early	Late	Total	Post	deaths
Persons
2006	65,425	4,240	252	392	140	39	179	76	255
2007	71,389	4,376	317	443	126	30	156	74	230
2008	75,173	4,485	294	456	162	38	200	84	284
2009	75,554	4,533	294	433	139	29	168	79	247
2010	75,174	4,555	273	429	156	39	195	76	271
2011	74,033	4,575	211	358	147	41	188	74	262
2012	71,674	4,585	188	333	145	40	185	52	237
2013	68,954	4,593	190	344	154	27	181	64	245
2014	67,295	4,610	164	284	120	38	158	66	224
2015	65,536	4,688	194	336	142	32	174	51	225
2016	63,841	4,740	173	289	116	31	147	47	194
Males
2006	33,655	2,121	129	215	86	18	104	51	155
2007	36,487	2,191	169	238	69	13	82	43	125
2008	38,619	2,239	162	250	88	22	110	52	162
2009	38,682	2,257	131	214	83	16	99	45	144
2010	38,395	2,262	140	227	87	21	108	46	154
2011	37,898	2,271	104	185	81	30	111	39	150
2012	36,890	2,270	93	165	72	18	90	25	115
2013	35,340	2,274	107	197	90	12	102	38	140
2014	34,681	2,280	84	153	69	21	90	40	130
2015	33,480	2,318	92	166	74	24	98	27	125
2016	32,709	2,347	87	154	67	15	82	27	109

Females
2006	31,770	2,119	123	177	54	21	75	25	100
2007	34,902	2,185	148	205	57	17	74	31	105
2008	36,554	2,247	132	206	74	16	90	32	122
2009	36,872	2,276	163	219	56	13	69	34	103
2010	36,779	2,293	133	202	69	18	87	30	117
2011	36,135	2,304	107	173	66	11	77	35	112
2012	34,784	2,316	95	168	73	22	95	27	122
2013	33,614	2,319	83	147	64	15	79	26	105
2014	32,614	2,330	80	131	51	17	68	26	94
2015	32,056	2,370	102	170	68	8	76	24	100
2016	31,132	2,393	86	135	49	16	65	20	85
² The population estimates (000's) for year ending April 2007 and later periods are based on the usual residences concept.

Table 4.4 Infant mortality rates per 1,000 live births by detailed age, 1941 to 2016
Period	Under 24 hours	1-6 days	7-13 days	14-20 days	21 days and under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 2 months	2 months and under 3 months	3 months and under 6 months	6 months and under 12 months	Total 4 weeks to 1 year
1941-50¹	7.0	8.7	4.3	4.2	4.3	8.7	6.9	12.3	9.4	37.3
1951-60¹	7.8	8.7	2.7	1.9	1.5	3.6	2.4	4.5	3.6	14.1
1961-70¹	7.1	6.2	1.4	1.1	0.8	2.1	1.5	2.7	2.0	8.2
1971-80¹	5.1	3.8	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.0	1.8	1.4	5.3
1981-90¹	2.8	1.8	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.9	3.7
1991-00¹	2.1	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.7	0.5	2.0
2001-10¹	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.3	1.2
2001	1.9	1.2	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.3	1.7
2002	2.1	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.3	1.5
2003	1.8	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.5
2004	1.5	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.3	1.3
2005	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.1
2006	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.2
2007	1.0	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.0
2008	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.1
2009	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.0
2010	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.0
2011	1.2	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.0
2012	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.7
2013	1.4	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.9
2014	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.0
2015	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.8
2016	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.7
¹ Decennial average.

Table 4.6 Infant mortality rates in Ireland* and neighbouring countries, 1941-2016
	Deaths of infants under 1 year per 1,000 live births
Period	Ireland*	Northern Ireland	England and Wales	Scotland
1941-1950¹	66	60	43	57
1951-1960¹	37	32	25	30
1961-1970¹	25	25	19	23
1971-1980¹	16	19	15	16
1981-1990¹	9	10	9	9
1991-2000¹	6	6	6	6
2001-2010¹	4	5	5	5
1999	6	6	6	5
2000	6	5	6	6
2001	6	6	5	6
2002	5	5	5	5
2003	5	5	5	5
2004	5	5	5	5
2005	4	6	5	5
2006	4	5	5	5
2007	3	5	5	5
2008	4	5	5	4
2009	3	5	5	4
2010	4	6	4	4
2011	4	4	4	4
2012	3	4	4	4
2013	4	5	4	3
2014	3	5	4	4
2015	3	5	4	3
2016	3	5	4	3
¹ Decennial average.
* Exclusive of Northern Ireland.

Table 4.7 Stillbirth and perinatal mortality rates in Ireland¹and neighbouring countries, 1998-2016
	Stillbirth rate				Perinatal mortality rate
Year	Ireland	Northern Ireland	England and Wales	Scotland	Ireland	Northern Ireland	England and Wales	Scotland
1998	6.0	5.1	5.3	6.1	9.5	8.1	8.2	8.7
1999	5.7	5.7	5.3	5.2	8.9	10.0	8.2	7.6
2000	5.9	4.3	5.3	5.6	9.0	7.4	8.2	8.4
2001	6.1	5.1	5.3	5.7	9.2	8.4	8.0	8.5
2002	6.0	5.7	5.6	5.4	9.0	8.7	8.3	7.6
2003	5.6	5.0	5.8	5.6	8.5	8.0	8.6	8.0
2004	5.2	5.0	5.7	5.8	7.8	8.0	8.4	8.1
2005	4.1	4.0	5.4	5.3	6.2	8.1	8.0	7.7
2006	3.8	3.8	5.4	5.3	6.0	6.9	8.0	7.4
2007	4.4	4.2	5.2	5.6	6.2	6.9	7.7	7.8
2008	3.9	4.5	5.1	5.4	6.0	7.4	7.6	7.4
2009	3.9	4.8	5.2	5.3	5.7	7.8	7.6	7.4
2010	3.6	4.1	5.1	4.9	5.7	7.8	7.4	6.9
2011	2.8	3.6	5.2	5.1	4.8	6.4	7.5	6.9
2012	2.6	4.2	4.9	4.7	4.6	6.4	7.0	6.5
2013	2.7	4.5	4.7	4.2	5.0	7.5	6.7	5.8
2014	2.4	3.3	4.7	4.0	4.2	6.5	6.6	5.9
2015	3.0	3.1	4.5	3.8	5.1	6.5	6.5	5.3
2016	2.7	3.4	4.4	4.3	4.5	6.2	6.6	6.0
¹ Exclusive of Northern Ireland.

Table 4.13 Stillbirths in 2016, classified by age of mother, sex of child and period of gestation
		Period of gestation (weeks)
Age of mother	Sex of child	Total	Under 28	28–31	32–35	36–39	40 and over
Total	Males	87	20	15	18	28	6
	Females	86	22	11	16	30	7
Under 20	Males	2	-	-	2	-	-
	Females	1	1	-	-	-	-
20–24	Males	7	1	1	3	2	-
	Females	5	-	-	3	2	-
25–29	Males	10	3	2	1	4	-
	Females	13	5	0	2	3	3
30–34	Males	22	8	3	2	7	2
	Females	31	6	7	7	9	2
35–39	Males	31	5	3	8	11	4
	Females	27	8	4	3	12	-
40 and over	Males	15	3	6	2	4	-
	Females	9	2	-	1	4	2

Table 4.19 Maternal deaths per 100,000 total live and stillbirths, 1997 – 2016
Year	Number of maternal deaths	Maternal death rate
1997	3	5.6
1998	2	3.7
1999	1	1.8
2000	1	1.8
2001	3	5.2
2002	5	8.2
2003	–	–
2004	1	1.6
2005	1	1.6
2006	–	–
2007	2	2.8
2008	3	4.0
2009	3	4.0
2010	1	1.3
2011	2	2.7
2012	2	2.8
2013	3	4.3
2014	1	1.5
2015	1	1.5
2016	4	6.2