Perinatal deaths in Australia 1993–2012
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) Perinatal deaths in Australia 1993–2012, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 18 July 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). Perinatal deaths in Australia 1993–2012. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Perinatal deaths in Australia 1993–2012. AIHW, 2016.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Perinatal deaths in Australia 1993–2012. Canberra: AIHW; 2016.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016, Perinatal deaths in Australia 1993–2012, AIHW, Canberra.
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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
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Almost 1 in 100 pregnancies at or beyond 20 weeks gestation ends with the death of a baby
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6,065 babies were stillborn or died within the first four weeks of life (neonatal deaths) during 2011 and 2012
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Stable perinatal mortality rate over the 20 years from 1993 to 2012
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20% decrease in the perinatal death rate of babies born to Indigenous mothers between 1993 and 2012