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Despite this, the rate of stillbirth fell from 5.42 per 1000 births in 1983 to 1.72 per 1000 births in 2018 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). Applying the multivariable logistic regression equation, derived from the 1983\u201387 data, to each year, had there been no changes in care or in the associations between maternal characteristics and stillbirth, the rate of stillbirth would have increased by 12%, from 4.94 per 1000 in 1983 to 5.54 per 1000 in 2018, as a result of the change in maternal characteristics.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Population rates of stillbirth are falling faster than is generally appreciated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Tweetable abstract<\/jats:title><jats:p>Population reductions in stillbirth have been underestimated as a result of changing maternal characteristics.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/1471-0528.16665","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,5]],"date-time":"2021-02-05T18:00:04Z","timestamp":1612548004000},"page":"1304-1312","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Stillbirth: are we making more progress than we think? 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