Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) Stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Australia 2017–2018, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 06 June 2023. doi:10.25816/91w8-1933
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Australia 2017–2018. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Australia 2017–2018. AIHW, 2021.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Australia 2017–2018. Canberra: AIHW; 2021.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2021, Stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Australia 2017–2018, AIHW, Canberra.
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Australia is one of the safest places in the world for a baby to be born, yet death occurring within the perinatal period is not uncommon. Every day in Australia, 6 babies are stillborn and 2 die within 28 days of birth (neonatal death).
There were 9.5 perinatal deaths for every 1,000 births in 2017 and 2018
Since 1999, the incidence of stillbirth and neonatal deaths in the third trimester has declined
Congenital anomalies were the leading cause of perinatal death
Over 60% of stillbirths and neonatal deaths occurred prior to 26 weeks of gestation
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