Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • List of figures
    • List of tables
    • Contributors
    • Abbreviations
    • Highlights
  • Body section
    • 1 Introduction
      • 1.1 Data sources
      • 1.2 Perinatal minimum data set and definitions
      • 1.3 Criteria
      • 1.4 Data quality
      • 1.5 Perinatal mortality
      • 1.6 State and Territory perinatal reports
    • 2 Mothers
      • 2.1 Introductory notes
      • 2.2 Confinements and births
      • 2.3 Place of birth
      • 2.4 Size of maternity unit
      • 2.5 Maternal age
      • 2.6 Maternal parity
      • 2.7 Marital status
      • 2.8 Indigenous status
      • 2.9 Maternal country of birth
      • 2.10 Admitted patient election status in hospital
      • 2.11 Duration of pregnancy
      • 2.12 Multiple pregnancy
      • 2.13 Onset of labour
      • 2.14 Presentation at birth
      • 2.15 Method of birth
      • 2.16 Perineal repair after delivery
      • 2.17 Mother's length of stay in hospital
      • 2.18 Mother's mode of separation from hospital
      • 2.19 Maternal mortality
    • 3 Babies
      • 3.1 Introduction
      • 3.2 Baby's birth status
      • 3.3 Baby's month of birth
      • 3.4 Baby's sex
      • 3.5 Baby's gestational age
      • 3.6 Baby's birthweight
      • 3.7 Apgar scores
      • 3.8 Resuscitation at birth
      • 3.9 Baby's length of stay in hospital
      • 3.10 Baby's mode of separation from hospital
    • 4 Perinatal mortality
      • 4.1 Definitions
      • 4.2 Trends in fetal, neonatal and perinatal deaths
      • 4.3 Perinatal deaths by State and Territory of residence
      • 4.4 Perinatal deaths by maternal age
      • 4.5 Perinatal deaths by plurality
      • 4.6 Perinatal deaths by baby's sex
      • 4.7 Proportionate perinatal death rates by gestational age
      • 4.8 Proportionate perinatal death rates by birthweight
      • 4.9 Fetal deaths in State and Territory perinatal data collections
      • 4.10 Neonatal and perinatal deaths in State and Territory perinatal data collections
      • 4.11 Causes of perinatal deaths
  • End matter
    • Appendix: tables
    • References
    • Explanatory notes
    • Glossary
    • State and Territory perinatal collection contacts