Table 5.

Total costs of pregnancy to the NHS for all pregnant multiparous women and mean costs of pregnancy per pregnant multiparous women (UK Sterling, price year 2010)

Group	Average unit costs			Best case scenario (using lower quartile costs)			Worst case scenario (using upper quartile costs)
	Total costs of pregnancy		Mean cost per pregnant woman	Total costs of pregnancy		Mean cost per pregnant woman	Total costs of pregnancy		Mean cost per pregnant woman
	Number	%		Number	%		Number	%
1: Women with a previous healthy child	£812,436,000	87.4	£2,147	£498,068,000	84.6	£1,316	£962,903,000	87.6	£2,544
2a: Women with a previous healthy child but has diabetes	£80,470,000	8.7	£3,870	£65,128,000	11.1	£3,132	£92,229,000	8.4	£4,436
2b: Women with a previous healthy child but has hypertension	£36,430,000	3.9	£2,920	£25,850,000	4.4	£2,072	£43,927,000	4.0	£3,521
Total	£929,336,000	98.4	-	£589,046,000	98.2	-	£1,099,059,000	98.4	-
3a: Women with a previous stillbirth – known causes (non-recurrent)	£2,719,000	18.0	£3,235	£1,902,000	17.8	£2,263	£3,309,000	18.0	£3,937
3b: Women with a previous stillbirth – known causes (recurrent)	£9,420,000	62.2	£3,720	£6,660,000	61.9	£2,607	£11,410,000	62.2	£4,506
3c: Women with a previous stillbirth – unknown causes	£2,371,000	15.7	£3,751	£1,664,000	15.6	£2,633	£2,872,000	15.7	£4,543
Total	£14,510,000	1.5	-	£10, 226,000	1.7	-	£17,591,000	1.6	-
Overall Total	£943,846,000	95.9	-	£599,272,000	95.3	-	£1,116,650,000	95.9	-

Group 3 refers to low risk multiparous women with a previous still birth. High risk women who have a previous still birth include those suffering from diabetes and hypertension and these account for 3.1% and 1% of the population respectively of women who have a still birth and thus make up the remaining 4.1%. (i.e. 95.9% +4.1% = 100%).