Table of contents

  • Preliminary material 
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Key findings
  • Sections
    • Sections 1 - 3 1
      1. Introduction
        • Key maternal factors and perinatal outcomes
        • The Perinatal National Minimum Data Set
        • Key data sources
        • Data quality
        • Structure of this report
      2. Summary data
        • Summary
        • Indigenous population
        • Indigenous women and births
        • Summary measures of perinatal health
      3. Indigenous mothers
        • Summary
        • Demographics
        • Maternal characteristics and risk factors
        • Labour and birth characteristics
        • Indigenous women who gave birth in hospital
    • Sections 4 - 6 
      1. Babies of Indigenous mothers
        • Summary
        • Demographic profile
        • Outcomes
        • Hospital births
        • Perinatal mortality
      2. Assessment of Indigenous status data quality, 1991 to 2004
        • Summary
        • Introduction
        • Methods of assessment
        • The AIHW survey to assess the quality of Indigenous identification in perinatal data
        • Analysis of the Indigenous status of mothers
        • Conclusions and recommendations on trend analysis of perinatal data
        • Where to next
      3. Trends
        • Summary
        • Background
        • Maternal age
        • Age of first-time mothers
        • Caesarean sections
        • Birthweight
        • Gestational age
        • Fetal deaths
  • End matter 1
    • Appendix
      • Technical and explanatory notes
    • Glossary
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures