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. 2009 Oct 1;339:b3754. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b3754

Table 2.

 Numbers and rates of stillbirths and neonatal, post-neonatal, and infant death by deprivation category in Scotland 1994-2003 for 532 016 births

Deprivation category (No of births) Rate (No) of deaths
Stillbirths* Neonatal† Post-neonatal† Infant†
1 (least) 98 745 3.8 (372) 2.2 (220) 0.9 (91) 3.2 (311)
2 96 622 4.7 (450) 2.2 (213) 1.1 (104) 3.3 (317)
3 104 260 5.3 (555) 2.6 (275) 1.5 (153) 4.1 (428)
4 110 570 5.5 (606) 2.5 (271) 1.8 (198) 4.3 (469)
5 (most) 121 819 5.9 (716) 3.1 (371) 2.5 (286) 5.4 (657)
All 532 016 5.1 (2699) 2.6 (1350) 1.6 (832) 4.1 (2182)

*Rate per 1000 total births.

†Rate per 1000 live births.