Table of contents

  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Summary
    • Australia’s low maternal mortality rate Indigenous results are the great exception leading causes of maternal deaths
    • The need for more information
  • Section A: Introduction
    • Background to the report
    • AIHW National Advisory Committee on Maternal Mortality (NACMM)
    • Aims of the report
    • Methodology and structure of the report
    • Compilation of the National Maternal Deaths database
  • Section B: Epidemiology of maternal mortality
    • Australian definitions and classifications of maternal deaths
    • Scope of report
    • Number of maternal deaths
    • Measuring maternal mortality
    • Determining the maternal mortality ratio
      • Maternal Mortality Ratio
    • Maternal mortality rate
      • Age-specific and age-standardised maternal mortality rates
    • Maternal deaths by state and territory of death
    • Maternal deaths referred to the Coroner
    • Direct maternal deaths
      • Cause of direct maternal deaths
      • Maternal age and parity
    • Indirect maternal deaths
      • Causes of indirect maternal deaths
    • Maternal age
    • Place of death
      • Area of usual residence
      • Location of death
    • Time of death
    • Early pregnancy deaths
    • Maternal deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
  • Section C: Trends in maternal mortality in Australia
    • Introduction
      • Maternal mortality ratios 1982–2005
      • Age-specific maternal mortality ratios 1982–2005
      • Maternal deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
      • Leading causes of maternal deaths 1997–2005
      • Direct deaths 1997–2005
      • Indirect deaths 1997–2005
  • Section D: Data development
  • Appendixes
    • Appendix 1: National Advisory Committee on Maternal Mortality (NACMM) and Committee Member Affiliations (2003–2005)
      • NACMM Maternal Mortality Classification Subcommittee
      • NACMM Education and Training Subcommittee
    • Appendix 2: NACMM terms of reference
    • Appendix 3: Membership of the state and territory Maternal Mortality Committees 2003–2005
    • Appendix 4: National Maternal Deaths Reporting Form
  • Glossary
  • References
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
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