Stillbirths to cost Aussie economy $518m by 2020

SYDNEY, Oct 06 (Xinhua): A new report has found that stillbirth deaths will cost the Aussie economy 681.4 million Australian dollars (518.96 million US dollars) over the next five years.

The report conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and commissioned by Stillbirth Foundation Australia has found the biggest financial burden of stillbirths to be absenteeism in workplaces, which accounts for a third of the total cost to the economy standing at 278.4 million Australian dollars (212.05 million US dollars).