Stillbirths in Australia 1991-2009
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) Stillbirths in Australia 1991-2009, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 April 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). Stillbirths in Australia 1991-2009. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Stillbirths in Australia 1991-2009. AIHW, 2014.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Stillbirths in Australia 1991-2009. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014, Stillbirths in Australia 1991-2009, AIHW, Canberra.
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This is the first national report on the epidemiology of stillbirth in Australia. The report makes use of the extensive data about pregnancy and birth that have been collected in all states and territories since 1991. For the period 1991–2009, the stillbirth rate ranged from 6.4–7.8 per 1,000 births.
- ISSN: 1321-8336
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-635-1
- Cat. no: PER 63
- Pages: 81
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2,341 babies were stillborn in 2009, accounting for almost three quarters of perinatal deaths
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7.8 per 1,000 births were stillbirths in Australia compared with 6.4 per 1,000 in 1991
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15.0 per 1,000 births were stillbirths in teenage mothers in 2009 compared with 9.5 per 1,000 in 1991
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10.6 per 1,000 births were stillbirths in mothers aged 40 or older, a decrease from 12.7 per 1,000 in 1991