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Table 3 Percentage distribution of mothers and fathers’ occupations and stillbirth rates by occupational group

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in stillbirth rates in Europe: measuring the gap using routine data from the Euro-Peristat Project

Country

Total Births

No occupation or student

Skilled/ unskilled workers

Technicians/ clerical/ service

Managers/ professionals

Total Stillbirths (SB)

Overall SB rate

SB rate No occupation or student

SB rate Skilled/ unskilled workers

SB rate Technicians/ clerical/ service

SB rate Managers/ professionals

 

N (all stated)

%

%

%

%

N

p 1000

p 1000

p 1000

p 1000

p 1000

Maternal occupation

BE: Brussels

24432

46.6

7.4

42.2

3.8

127

5.2

6.1

5.0

4.5

2.1

BE: Flanders

64790

17.8

15.3

60.9

6.0

229

3.5

5.3

4.7

2.9

1.3

BE: Wallonia

35777

40.4

9.0

46.5

4.0

139

3.9

5.0

3.7

3.1

2.1

Estonia

11731

7.5

9.6

42.9

40.0

44

3.8

3.4

6.2

4.0

3.0

Finland

43734

11.8

12.4

53.7

22.1

128

2.9

2.9

2.2

3.1

2.8

France

14239

14.5

17.2

55.9

12.4

86

6.0

5.8

9.0

5.7

4.0

Germany

488041

34.0

45.1

17.0

3.9

1378

2.8

3.5

2.7

2.0

2.6

Ireland

70528

26.4

5.4

37.8

30.3

319

4.5

5.6

5.5

4.5

3.5

Lithuania

30568

29.0

8.8

26.5

35.6

137

4.5

5.6

3.7

3.5

4.5

Portugal

87627

19.9

19.4

43.1

17.7

211

2.4

3.9

3.4

1.6

1.6

Romania

199641

47.5

1.3

51.0

0.2

780

3.9

5.4

5.0

2.5

3.3

Slovenia

7687

0.0

5.0

58.4

36.6

18

2.3

0.0

2.6

1.6

3.6

Spain

465343

24.7

11.3

46.4

17.6

1305

2.8

3.7

3.4

2.4

2.4

Paternal occupation

BE: Brussels

22976

20.9

22.4

43.1

13.6

106

4.6

7.9

3.7

4.3

1.9

BE: Flanders

62537

4.9

38.5

42.7

13.9

213

3.4

5.9

3.9

3.1

2.1

BE: Wallonia

30930

9.8

36.4

42.2

11.5

110

3.6

6.9

3.5

3.1

2.5

Estonia

12274

2.2

34.7

19.7

43.4

39

3.2

0.0

3.3

3.3

3.2

Finland

52555

3.7

40.7

30.7

24.8

88

1.7

0.0

1.8

2.0

1.3

France

13637

4.3

37.0

40.3

18.4

70

5.1

6.9

6.7

3.5

5.2

Ireland

54906

7.1

40.1

26.1

26.7

240

4.4

5.4

4.4

3.8

4.6

Portugal

90056

5.2

43.2

34.9

16.7

192

2.1

6.0

2.4

1.7

1.0

Spain

448911

1.5

46.8

32.0

19.6

1193

2.7

2.9

2.9

2.6

2.3

UK: England and Wales

636793

NAa

40.2

21.2

38.6

3053

4.8

NA*

5.5

4.7

4.1

  1. aStudents included with unclassified occupations, see Methods and note to Table 1