Perinatal deaths in Australia 1993–2012

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Release Date: 12 Oct 2016

Topic: Mothers & babies

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This report presents an analysis of the statistics for stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Australia for the calendar years 2011 and 2012, as well as selected trend information for 1993–2012. The aim of this report is to gain a better understanding of the characteristics and causes of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Australia at a population level and identify changes in perinatal mortality over time. This report is one of several components of the National Maternity Data Development Project.

ISSN: 2206-9852
ISBN: 978-1-76054-016-6 (PDF) 978-1-76054-017-3 (Print)
Cat. no: PER 86
Pages: 137

Findings from this report:

Almost 1 in 100 pregnancies at or beyond 20 weeks gestation ends with the death of a baby
6,065 babies were stillborn or died within the first four weeks of life (neonatal deaths) during 2011 and 2012
Stable perinatal mortality rate over the 20 years from 1993 to 2012
20% decrease in the perinatal death rate of babies born to Indigenous mothers between 1993 and 2012

Preliminary materials
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Symbols
- Summary
Body section
- 1 Introduction
  - 1.1 Background to the report
  - 1.2 Aims of this report
  - 1.3 Stakeholder consultation
  - 1.4 Structure of this report
- 2 Definitions and methods
  - 2.1 Measuring perinatal mortality
  - 2.2 Cause of death classification
  - 2.3 Investigation of perinatal deaths
  - 2.4 Data used in this report
  - 2.5 Data availability, presentation and interpretation
- 3 Perinatal deaths in Australia 2011 and 2012
  - 3.1 Perinatal mortality rates
  - 3.2 Perinatal mortality not due to congenital anomaly in late pregnancy
  - 3.3 Perinatal deaths by state and territory
  - 3.4 Perinatal deaths by maternal characteristics
  - 3.5 Perinatal deaths by baby characteristics
  - 3.6 Perinatal deaths among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population
- 4 Cause of perinatal deaths in Australia
  - 4.1 PSANZ-PDC and PSANZ-NDC cause of perinatal deaths
- 5 Trends in perinatal mortality
  - 5.1 Maternal age
  - 5.2 Parity
  - 5.3 Birth plurality
  - 5.4 Gestational age
  - 5.5 Maternal Indigenous status
- 6 Conclusion
End matter
- Appendix A: NPDC 'Baby death' data available for this report
- Appendix B: Supplementary data available for this report
- Appendix C: The national perinatal mortality data collection data quality statement
- Appendix D: Data used in figures
- Appendix E: Expert advisory group members
- Glossary
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Related publications

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