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Table 1 Summary on spectrum and frequency of maternal, placental and fetal post-mortem examinations following intrauterine fetal death in secondary and tertiary care hospitals (n=46) across Austria (frequency n; percentage %) and comparison in frequency between type of hospital (two-sided Fisher’s Exact test; level of significancep < 0.05).